--- title: Funny Simon McCoy BBC Royal Wedding Clips go Viral description: Everyone loves newsreader Simon McCoy's BBC royal wedding reports because he keeps it dry. canonical: https://time.com/5282120/simon-mccoy-royal-wedding-2018/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-18T12:31:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:56.515Z og:title: The Hero of the Royal Wedding Is Already This Dry Reporter og:description: He's there for it, but he's not exactly thrilled og:url: https://time.com/5282120/simon-mccoy-royal-wedding-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35bce33602c335b6/698930b24ee262d36d311d61/gettyimages-841243020.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5126 og:image:height: 2883 og:image:alt: Princess Diana Death 20th Anniversary og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Hero of the Royal Wedding Is Already This Dry Reporter twitter:description: He's there for it, but he's not exactly thrilled twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35bce33602c335b6/698930b24ee262d36d311d61/gettyimages-841243020.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # No One Cares Less About the Royal Wedding Than This Royal Wedding Reporter > Sponsored content. 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(photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images) Clips of BBC Simon McCoy go viral all the time. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images) Mike Kemp—In Pictures via Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 18, 2018 12:31 PM UTC A BBC reporter has gone [viral](http://time.com/5279727/yanny-laurel-original-clip/) again for keeping his attitude toward the English monarchy consistently lackluster. Clips of news presenter Simon McCoy shared to BBC’s Twitter demonstrating his inability to summon enthusiasm for the latest [royal wedding](http://time.com/5259776/royal-wedding-tv-license/) news out of Kensington Palace rocketed him to Internet fame Friday. Saturday may belong to Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, who will tie the knot at St. George’s Chapel. But the way this guy is reporting on the [festivities](http://time.com/5280704/the-royal-wedding-cake-2018/) in his distinctly unenthused fashion is already capturing the hearts of those who took to Twitter to share their feelings about him. Case in point: his Friday morning encounter with a trio of royal wedding fans in homemade crowns, which puzzled him. “I do sort of wonder, why, what have you all done?” he asks the women. > [](https://twitter.com/BBCNews/status/997434240168968193) People are really into his demeanor. > [](https://twitter.com/womble692/status/997424063986401280) > [](https://twitter.com/scottygb/status/997441568998014976) In fact, he’s so amusing people want to pay for his drinks. “Kickstarter to fund @BBCSimonMcCoy’s post-Royal wedding bar tab,” Kayleigh Donaldson tweeted. > [](https://twitter.com/Ceilidhann/status/997432316438962176) > [](https://twitter.com/NathanEChard/status/997175321622392832) Everyone’s simply delighted that he’s on the scene. In case there isn’t enough proof about his approach to one of his longtime beats, here he is braving his way through Kate Middleton’s pregnancy announcement last October to remove all doubt. > [](https://twitter.com/scottygb/status/920285958481809408) McCoy is clearly the royal wedding news source that not only the people want, but deserve. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5282120/simon-mccoy-royal-wedding-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5282120/simon-mccoy-royal-wedding-2018/"},"headline":"No One Cares Less About the Royal Wedding Than This Royal Wedding Reporter","datePublished":"2018-05-18T12:31:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:56.515Z","description":"He's there for it, but he's not exactly thrilled","url":"https://time.com/5282120/simon-mccoy-royal-wedding-2018/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royal wedding","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35bce33602c335b6/698930b24ee262d36d311d61/gettyimages-841243020.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35bce33602c335b6/698930b24ee262d36d311d61/gettyimages-841243020.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Princess Diana Death 20th Anniversary","caption":"BBC Simon McCoy at work","creditText":"Mike Kemp—In Pictures via 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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5282120/simon-mccoy-royal-wedding-2018/","name":"No One Cares Less About the Royal Wedding Than This Royal Wedding Reporter"}}]}] ```