Prince Harry sparked chaos on The Late Present after immediately strolling onto the stage and chopping off Stephen Colbert’s monologue in an odd, scripted royal skit—timed awkwardly simply hours after information of Thomas Markle’s emergency surgical procedure. The phase escalated when Colbert mocked tacky Christmas royal films, prompting Harry’s “Gingerbread Prince” joke and a back-and-forth about People being “obsessive about royalty.” When Colbert denied it, Harry fired the road that set the studio off: “Actually? I heard you elected a king,” triggering loud boos. He doubled down with a George III reference and later slipped in a pointed Trump dig, joking about “settling a baseless lawsuit with the White Home.” The change underscored Harry’s long-running tensions with Trump, previous CBS flare-ups, and ongoing scrutiny over the Duke’s U.S. immigration standing.