UK prime minister shares Christmas video with ‘Residence Alone’ twist

United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had a little bit of enjoyable this vacation season, posting a video on social media parodying the beloved 1990 movie “Residence Alone” and taking a delicate dig at Prince Harry’s reportedly shaky standing with the British royal household.

Within the video, which begins with the setup, “One Christmas evening …,” Sunak is seen handwriting a letter at his desk at No. 10 Downing St., the prime minister’s official residence and workplace, earlier than he exclaims, “Am I the one one right here?”

After participating in a sequence of antics, together with a sport involving soda cans, some snuggles with No. 10’s Chief Mouser, a spaghetti (and syrup) dinner eaten whereas watching the film “Elf” and a marshmallow roast over the hearth, Sunak solutions a ringing, unattended press telephone with dread.

“Harry, you’ve acquired the fallacious quantity!” Sunak hurriedly exclaims earlier than hanging up the telephone, earlier than the phrases “Merry Christmas” seem on the display.

Harry — the 39-year-old son of King Charles III — and his spouse, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, stepped down from their roles as full-time working members of the royal household in 2020 over privateness considerations and moved to California. They’ve two kids, who they’re elevating in america however keep royal titles.

The couple’s contentious, high-profile cut up from the royal household has usually garnered headlines within the U.Ok. and past.

Sunak’s video prompted #WrongNumberHarry to turn into a trending matter on X, the platform previously often known as Twitter, as folks joked in regards to the little dig on the finish.