Join us across the pond for an animated adventure that pulls no royal punches. Sorry mates, we’re talking about The Prince, from its humble beginnings as an Instagram parody to 12-part mini-episodes on HBOMax.

So grab your afternoon tea and scones with clotted cream for bits from Mat, our resident Brit, ex-Londoner Shindy, and Jeff:

• First Impressions: “It’s the Family Guy where everyone is Stewie.” (02:27)
• Spoiler Alert (06:54)
• An all British big-name cast (07:23)
• Instagram feed vs. HBOMax (12:43)
• Funny or tasteless? Is there a line and did this cross it? Is the outrage unwarranted (16:56)

“Satire can be the most sophisticated form of humor when it's used to reveal a truth, but these characters are one-dimensional.”

• Is this invasion of a child’s privacy? And Hollywood hypocrisy at its best? (20:23)
• Fave episodes and subplots, upstairs and downstairs (29:27)

Stream It or Leave It? (34:45)

Bonus: What else we’re watching 

• Mat: Pig (ft. Nicholas Cage) and Truffle Hunters, a documentary, on VOD  (35:45)
• Jeff: Stray, a documentary on HULU (38:11)
• Shindy: The Durrells and What the Durrells Did Next, Prime Video (39:18)

*Correction: Shindy refers to Prince George as "Charles's" and Kate's eldest child (1:54), it's obviously "Will's," duh. Also, Ricky Gervais hosted the Golden Globe Awards, not the Emmy’s. (18:03). 

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