Colbert Goes Full "Town Crier" with the Queen's Response to Meghan Markle

On Tuesday's Late Show, Stephen Colbert went into full Royalist Town Crier mode to read the statement from Buckingham Palace regarding Oprah Winfrey's bombshell interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.

Complete with the bell, the scroll, a bad accent, and the hat he almost forgot to put on, Colbert got into character by hitting himself in the head with a wrench Looney Tunes-style, in order to allow him "to forget I'm an American who does not give a damn." 

His sharpest barb came at the point of the statement where it's mentioned that the issues raised "will be addressed by the family privately." 

"Oh, no doubt," Colbert said. "I hear Prince Andrew has an island he goes to to address his privates." 

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