{"id":131262,"date":"2020-02-12T08:58:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T08:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=131262"},"modified":"2020-02-12T08:58:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T08:58:53","slug":"john-oliver-wades-in-on-prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-decision-to-leave-the-royal-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=131262","title":{"rendered":"John Oliver wades in on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle&#039;s decision to leave the royal family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\">\n<div class=\"viral-video-lead\">\n<div class=\"vplayer\"><iframe allowautoplay=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oLdaWGe6OvU?\" data-template=\"viralvideo - YT\" data-ytchannel=\"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/lib\/aab-3e4af80fa7eef43b2c82c5f3e3a386e50b041bb6ee6b415a5a69b0c863479851.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Many words have been spoken about &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/culture\/8751\/meghan-markles-husband-speaks-out-about-royal-family-split-kindly-asks-everyone-to-step-off\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Megxit<\/a>,&#8221; but there&#8217;s one important person we still need to hear from: British comedian turned recent U.S. citizen and <em>Last Week Tonight<\/em> host, John Oliver.<\/p>\n<p>During his appearance on <em>The Late Show<\/em>, Stephen Colbert wasted no time in asking Oliver for his thoughts on the royal drama. And Oliver, in turn, made his views pretty clear.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think they&#8217;ve absolutely done the right thing,&#8221; he says in the clip above. &#8220;It was a horrible situation for them to be in. I think one of the recent times I was on this show, before the wedding, I was saying this is gonna be rough. The British tabloid press is rough on royalty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So I understand why they wanted to get out of there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t put it more plainly than that.<\/p>\n<div class=\"viral-next-up-lead\" style='color:#000;font-size:20px;font-family:\"ProximaNovaBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif'>\n<p>NEXT UP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"viral-next-up\" style=\"line-height: 1.3\">\n<div class=\"viral-video-preview story0\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/api.mashable.com\/video\/guillermo-oscars-red-carpet-2020\/\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><link href=\"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/John-Oliver-wades-in-on-Prince-Harry-and-Meghan-Markle039s.jpg\" itemprop=\"url\"><\/a><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/api.mashable.com\/video\/guillermo-oscars-red-carpet-2020\/\" style=\"font-family: MuseoSlabRegular, MuseoSlabLight, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color:#000; text-decoration:none; font-size:1.5rem; display:block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guillermo shares jokes and pounds tequila with Oscars stars on the red carpet<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"viral-video-preview story1\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/api.mashable.com\/video\/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-fire-republicans-orange-face-photo\/\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/John-Oliver-wades-in-on-Prince-Harry-and-Meghan-Markle039s.png\" original-url=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/2020%252F02%252F11%252Fe7%252F6c6fe8b12734465eb8fa0618f79e8e9b.c4bc4.png%252Foriginal.png?signature=AuxeGANqfMzwwEsY2xTtgEH8Hec=\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px;\"><link href=\"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/John-Oliver-wades-in-on-Prince-Harry-and-Meghan-Markle039s.png\" itemprop=\"url\"><\/a><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/api.mashable.com\/video\/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-fire-republicans-orange-face-photo\/\" style=\"font-family: MuseoSlabRegular, MuseoSlabLight, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color:#000; text-decoration:none; font-size:1.5rem; display:block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Are you OK?&#8217;: Stephen Colbert worries about Democrats who&#8217;d prefer an apocalypse to more Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"viral-video-preview story2\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/api.mashable.com\/video\/seth-meyers-roasts-trump-tan-line\/\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581497929_556_John-Oliver-wades-in-on-Prince-Harry-and-Meghan-Markle039s.png\" original-url=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/2020%252F02%252F11%252Fbe%252F9ebdfe2acc2c4a4aba3b79ef4ac0c677.98b84.png%252Foriginal.png?signature=zv-jVKmtvv3RjX_YUx6vgXlNrbA=\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px;\"><link href=\"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581497929_556_John-Oliver-wades-in-on-Prince-Harry-and-Meghan-Markle039s.png\" itemprop=\"url\"><\/a><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/api.mashable.com\/video\/seth-meyers-roasts-trump-tan-line\/\" style=\"font-family: MuseoSlabRegular, MuseoSlabLight, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color:#000; text-decoration:none; font-size:1.5rem; display:block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seth Meyers thoroughly roasts Trump&#8217;s already well-browned makeup malfunction<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"viral-video-preview story3\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/api.mashable.com\/video\/shirley-temple-king-leo-kelly-ellen-degeneres\/\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581497931_952_John-Oliver-wades-in-on-Prince-Harry-and-Meghan-Markle039s.jpg\" original-url=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/2020%252F02%252F10%252F9e%252F4fc5aab9d7994f0bbfb030e2664a671d.623fb.jpg%252Foriginal.jpg?signature=iSR2FPQGXEuL-s9kVmeF8YXTM1k=\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px;\"><link href=\"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1581497931_952_John-Oliver-wades-in-on-Prince-Harry-and-Meghan-Markle039s.jpg\" itemprop=\"url\"><\/a><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/api.mashable.com\/video\/shirley-temple-king-leo-kelly-ellen-degeneres\/\" style=\"font-family: MuseoSlabRegular, MuseoSlabLight, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color:#000; text-decoration:none; font-size:1.5rem; display:block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the &#8216;Shirley Temple King&#8217; ruthlessly rate drinks made by celebrity chefs on &#8216;Ellen&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/entertainment\/9064\/john-oliver-wades-in-on-prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-decision-to-leave-the-royal-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Many words have been spoken about &#8220;Megxit,&#8221; but there&#8217;s one important person we still need to hear from: British comedian turned recent U.S. citizen and Last Week Tonight host, John Oliver. During his appearance on The Late Show, Stephen Colbert wasted no time in asking Oliver for his thoughts on the royal drama. And &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131264,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131262\/revisions\/131264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/131263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}