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Pop star Harry Styles aimed a joke at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor in his opening monologue during Saturday Night Live (SNL).
The former One Direction singer, who is currently top of the UK album and singles charts, returned to SNL for a second stint as guest host this weekend.
During a segment on how dull he had become during his recent hiatus, having kept a low profile since his Love On Tour run of gigs ended in 2023, the 32-year-old quipped that he is “tremendously boring”.
He continued: “I took up jogging. There’s nothing interesting about that.
“But because I’m me, people pretend to find that interesting. I don’t run to be interesting. I do it for the feeling it gives me, that runner’s high. It’s just amazing.
“Watermelon sugar high, runner’s high. And if that doesn’t do it for you, I also love ecstasy.
“As a British man who spent a lot of his life in the public eye, I can assure you, there’s something nice about being boring. It’s better than the alternative.”
At that point the image of a shocked Andrew in the back of a police car following his arrest last month appeared on the screen.
Styles also took aim at those who had accused him of “queer-baiting” in the past and his use of fruit as a metaphor for sex in song lyrics.
Speaking about his time off, Styles said: “I realised I’d spent half my life in music – touring, playing albums, and making songs about fruit that people think are about sex.
“I just really like fruit, guys. I like sex, too.
“People seemed to pay a lot of attention to the clothes I was wearing, and some people accused me of something called queer-baiting.
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“But did it ever occur to you that… maybe you don’t know everything about me, Dad?”
On Friday, Styles claimed a number one chart double for the second time following the release of his new album, the Official Charts Company announced.
The 12-track album – titled Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally – was released on Friday and has already shot to the top of the album chart, while his latest single American Girls has peaked on the singles chart.
His previous album Harry’s House and single As It Was also bagged him a chart double after their release in 2022.
The Official Charts Company said the former One Direction star has had the biggest opening week for a male solo artist since Ed Sheeran released his album Divide in 2017.
The record is his first release in almost four years and has also topped the UK vinyl albums chart for the most physical records sold.
It is the biggest selling vinyl of 2026 to date, according to the Official Charts Company.
Styles rocketed to global fame in One Direction – alongside Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson – after the group were formed on ITV singing competition The X Factor in 2010.
His solo career was launched after he and his bandmates went on hiatus in 2016, almost a year after Malik left the group, and he has gone on to achieve global success, winning multiple Grammy and Brit awards.
This week marks Styles’ third number one album and is his fourth number one single as a solo artist.
