It’s safe to say it’s been a very bad year for the former Prince Andrew. Already stripped of his title and privileges, he is rounding off the year by becoming the punchline of the year’s most popular Christmas cracker joke.
The annual competition is commissioned by the comedy channel U&Gold (formerly Comedy Gold) and decided by the British public. It usually produces a topical winner that sends up one of the biggest stories of the year.
This year’s winner was written by Ben Smith from Chelmsford, who pithily summed up Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s fall from royal status: “Why is Prince Andrew not writing any Christmas books? He hasn’t got any titles!” Smith receives a top prize that includes £1,500 towards a holiday.
A second joke about the former Duke of York also made this year’s top 10 list, coming in at number four – indicating that the story has lodged firmly in the British public’s collective consciousness. That one goes: “What do Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and a snowman have in common? They’re both out in the cold.”
Special mention: What is a French burglar’s favourite Christmas film? Louvre, Actually.
