{"id":27273,"date":"2019-07-19T06:35:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T12:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1057951"},"modified":"2019-07-19T06:35:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-19T12:35:56","slug":"the-strict-protocol-the-lion-king-cast-followed-when-meeting-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/the-strict-protocol-the-lion-king-cast-followed-when-meeting-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strict Protocol The Lion King Cast Followed When Meeting Prince Harry and Meghan Markle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"43.190305206463\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019614\/rs_634x1024-190714101404-634-meghan-harry.cm.71419.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"The Lion King London Premiere, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex\" alt=\"The Lion King London Premiere, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">David Fisher\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"32.170955882353\">\n<p>OK, now let&#8217;s get in formation &#8217;cause it&#8217;s time to meet <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/prince_harry\">Prince Harry<\/a><\/strong> and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/meghan_markle\">Meghan Markle<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1056619\/beyonce-looks-like-a-royal-and-hugs-meghan-markle-at-lion-king-premiere-in-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.K. premiere<\/a> of&nbsp;<em>The Lion King<\/em>&nbsp;last weekend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1055533\/the-lion-king-premiere-see-every-look-as-beyonce-and-more-stars-arrive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the cast<\/a>\u2060\u2014which features&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/beyonce\">Beyonc\u00e9<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/donald_glover\">Donald Glover<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/seth_rogen\">Seth Rogen<\/a><\/strong> and <strong>Billy Eichne<\/strong>r\u2014were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/shows\/daily_pop\/videos\/291423\/did-beyonce-break-royal-protocol-by-hugging-meghan-markle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">given strict rules<\/a> on how to greet and act around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1056462\/meghan-markle-hits-first-red-carpet-as-a-royal-at-the-lion-king-premiere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the royal couple<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re supposed to say, \u2018Your Royal Highness,&#8217; you can&#8217;t speak until you hands are in a handshake with his,&#8221; Billy, who v<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1053804\/beyonce-and-more-stars-come-face-to-face-with-their-lion-king-characters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">oices meerkat Timon<\/a>, explained on <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/em> on Thursday night.&nbsp;&#8220;My guest I brought with me, my very good friend Jared, they said he had to stand behind me and not speak unless he was spoken to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;I&#8217;m not kidding!&#8221; the actor continued. &#8220;I was like, \u2018Does that same rule apply to <strong>Jay-Z<\/strong>?&#8217; I have a feeling it doesn&#8217;t!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The &#8220;intense&#8221; protocol, understandably,&nbsp;left the actor feeling nervous, to say the least.&nbsp;&#8220;Your Highness sounds a little weird and bowing feels weird,&#8221; he told host&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/jimmy_kimmel\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a><\/strong>. &#8220;In my head, I&#8217;m like, \u2018What do you call her?&#8221; I kept thinking she&#8217;s Princess Markle but that sounds like a character on Super Mario Brothers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"57.827309236948\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"10.5140562249\">\n<p class=\"p1\">In the end, however, everything proved to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1055395\/lion-king-s-billy-eichner-and-seth-rogen-are-thrilled-beyonce-is-getting-her-big-break\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hakuna mata<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;I completely freaked out,&#8221; the comedian recalled.&nbsp;&#8220;Although, they were very, very nice and totally child and down to each and lovely.&#8221; Indeed,&nbsp;he&#8217;s&nbsp;now on a first name basis with Harry!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"52.960227272727\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"6.3371212121212\">\n<p>&#8220;OMG Here I am completely freaking out to @Sethrogen about how I&#8217;m going to greet Prince Harry and Meghan I&#8217;M CRYING,&#8221;&nbsp;he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1056823\/you-ll-never-guess-what-meghan-markle-and-billy-eichner-bonded-over-at-the-lion-king-premiere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted earlier this week<\/a>, adding, &#8220;Meghan and I talked about our @NorthwesternU acting teachers (shout out to Mary Poole and David Downs!).&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"29.205298013245\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"9.7350993377483\">\n<p>As for American royal, Queen Bey, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1056849\/when-queen-bey-met-her-princess-inside-beyonce-and-meghan-markle-s-long-awaited-first-meeting-and-instant-rapport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">her interaction<\/a> with Meghan and Harry largely&nbsp;surrounded&nbsp;their son&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/archie_harrison\">Archie Harrison<\/a><\/strong>, who the royals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1028187\/meghan-markle-gives-birth-to-baby-boy-with-prince-harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">welcomed in May<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to <em>The Daily Mail<\/em>&#8216;s royal correspondent Rebecca English, Beyonc\u00e9 told Meghan her first son is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1056787\/the-parenting-advice-jay-z-gave-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-at-the-lion-king-premiere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">so beautiful<\/a>,&#8221; gushing, &#8220;We love you guys.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-6\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"49\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"1.75\">\n<p>Watch Eichner roar about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1027655\/how-disney-is-turning-your-nostalgia-into-billions-one-live-action-remake-at-a-time\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disney flick<\/a> in the clip above!&nbsp;<em>The Lion King<\/em>&nbsp;is now in theaters.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1057951\/the-strict-protocol-the-lion-king-cast-followed-when-meeting-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Fisher\/Shutterstock OK, now let&#8217;s get in formation &#8217;cause it&#8217;s time to meet Prince Harry and&nbsp;Meghan Markle. Ahead of the U.K. premiere of&nbsp;The Lion King&nbsp;last weekend, the cast\u2060\u2014which features&nbsp;Beyonc\u00e9, Donald Glover, Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner\u2014were given strict rules on how to greet and act around the royal couple.&nbsp; &#8220;You&#8217;re supposed to say, \u2018Your Royal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-14 04:46:04","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}