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Here are the best Twitter jokes about Harry and Meghan leaving the royal family

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are no more! Long live Harry and Meghan, everyday schmoes. And long may the jokes pour in congratulating the formerly regal couple.

Here are the best Twitter jokes about Harry and Meghan leaving the royal family

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BY Joe Berkowitz2 minute read

On Wednesday afternoon, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, better known to Americans as “Harghan,” released a statement announcing that they’re stepping back as senior members of the royal family to work on become financially independent. Furthermore, they will now be splitting their time between the U.K. and North America.

If the pair’s courtship, subsequent marriage and shabby  treatment from the U.K. press already played like the stuff of movies, today’s news is an appropriate third-act twist. This royal resignation is easily the most interesting thing to come out of that family since the devastating Prince Andrew interview about Jeffrey Epstein late last year, and it’s far more pleasant to talk about. And what timing!

We’re only one week into 2020, and everyone is already exhausted. Very few sane people had “War with Iran” on their vision boards for the year, but every day has drawn us perilously closer to The Secret-ing it into reality. Between all the talk of ballistic missiles and potential retaliation, checking the news in 2020 has been a task to brace for as though chugging down a double-shot of DayQuil. After a week of stomach-churning tension, a blast of deliciously dramatic yet neutral news is exactly what the doctor ordered.

Twitter users have been sunning themselves in the warm glow of premium joke fodder all afternoon.

Some acknowledged the Brexit-ness of this announcement.

https://twitter.com/juliareinstein/status/1214983237493284865

https://twitter.com/lauraolin/status/1214983544910622720

Others saw echoes of movies past.

Some people were excited about the television possibilities in the future.

https://twitter.com/bfishbfish/status/1214981917373800448

There were those who predicted it would turn out this way.

https://twitter.com/KaraRBrown/status/1214985649431834624

https://twitter.com/Lexialex/status/1214982392273723392

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And those who are having a hard time wrapping their head around the “financially independent” part.

https://twitter.com/geekylonglegs/status/1214990201640108032

https://twitter.com/kathbarbadoro/status/1215002581833007104

Some venerated news outlets couldn’t resist getting in on the action.

https://twitter.com/DanielleAlberti/status/1214982666237419522

Of course, most people were just happy to celebrate the liberation of Meghan Markle from the clutches of the Royal Family and invasive media.

https://twitter.com/Nicole_Cliffe/status/1214980238498656256

https://twitter.com/camillard/status/1214984166296735752

Good luck, Harry and Meghan! Fast Company would bow to you, if only it were still encouraged.

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Joe Berkowitz is an opinion columnist at Fast Company. His latest book, American Cheese: An Indulgent Odyssey Through the Artisan Cheese World, is available from Harper Perennial. More


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