--- title: Fox Makes Fake Prince Harry Dating Reality Show description: It's a royal trick! canonical: https://time.com/39311/prince-harry-reality-show/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-26T20:43:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:13.074Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Fox Makes Fake Prince Harry Dating Reality Show og:description: It's a royal trick! og:url: https://time.com/39311/prince-harry-reality-show/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01ac09f311f10f2f/69868771e8524b8e7d602084/477417841.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Prince Harry og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Fox Makes Fake Prince Harry Dating Reality Show twitter:description: It's a royal trick! twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01ac09f311f10f2f/69868771e8524b8e7d602084/477417841.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # New Reality Show to Trick Women Into Courting a Prince Harry Lookalike by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 26, 2014 8:43 PM UTC  during the RBS Six Nations match between England and Wales at Twickenham Stadium on March 9, 2014 in London, England. during the RBS Six Nations match between England and Wales at Twickenham Stadium on March 9, 2014 in London, England.Shaun Botterill / Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 26, 2014 8:43 PM UTC This summer, America will watch as 12 women compete to win Prince Harry’s ginger heart as a part of a new [Fox reality dating show.](http://www.deadline.com/2014/03/fox-fake-prince-harry-marriage-reality-series/) If that sentence seems suspect, that’s because it’s a total lie. Rather, Fox and evil genius Ryan Seacrest are producing a show in which 12 women are tricked into thinking that they’re vying for Prince Harry’s heart — when they’re really trying to woo a sloppy Prince Harry impersonator [with a poor dye job](http://www.vulture.com/2014/03/fox-made-a-fake-prince-harry-dating-show.html). It’s next generation _Joe Millionaire,_ but slightly more depressing (or incredible, depending on where you fall on the reality TV appreciation spectrum). It’s awe-inspiring to think that a Royal-groupie would fall for the rouse — because, let’s face it, if the [Queen has a problem with Kate Middleton’s skirt length,](http://time.com/4543/queen-elizabeth-orders-kate-middleton-to-stop-dressing-like-such-a-harlot/) she wouldn’t be cool with Harry finding love on TV. (Or at the very least, she’d make him go to the BBC, at least for solidarity’s sake.) The description for _I Wanna Marry Harry_, which airs May 27, is as follows: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/39311/prince-harry-reality-show/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/39311/prince-harry-reality-show/"},"headline":"New Reality Show to Trick Women Into Courting a Prince Harry Lookalike","datePublished":"2014-03-26T20:43:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:13.074Z","description":"It's a royal trick!","url":"https://time.com/39311/prince-harry-reality-show/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Fox","royals","TV","Queen","reality tv","Prince Harry"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01ac09f311f10f2f/69868771e8524b8e7d602084/477417841.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01ac09f311f10f2f/69868771e8524b8e7d602084/477417841.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Prince Harry","caption":"England v Wales - RBS Six Nations","creditText":"Shaun Botterill / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/39311/prince-harry-reality-show/","name":"New Reality Show to Trick Women Into Courting a Prince Harry Lookalike"}}]}] ```