--- title: Pippa Middleton Royal Wedding Dress Is Funny Iced Tea Meme description: The Duchess of Cambridge's younger sister Pippa Middleton's dress at the 2018 royal wedding is a hialrious iced tea meme. canonical: https://time.com/5283987/pippa-middleton-dress-meme/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-19T13:51:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:39.274Z og:title: People Think Pippa Middleton's Dress Looks Eerily Like an Arizona Iced Tea Can og:description: It's the most hilarious royal wedding meme og:url: https://time.com/5283987/pippa-middleton-dress-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61f0ba425b6c3a4b/698930d1fb4eaca544896a56/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-prince-william-hats-pippa-middleton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1576 og:image:height: 887 og:image:alt: royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-prince-william-hats-pippa-middleton og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Think Pippa Middleton's Dress Looks Eerily Like an Arizona Iced Tea Can twitter:description: It's the most hilarious royal wedding meme twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61f0ba425b6c3a4b/698930d1fb4eaca544896a56/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-prince-william-hats-pippa-middleton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Think Pippa Middleton's Dress Looks Eerily Like an Arizona Iced Tea Can > Sponsored content. 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The Duchess of Cambridge's younger sister Pippa Middleton's dress at the 2018 royal wedding is a hialrious iced tea meme._ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 19, 2018 1:51 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 19, 2018 1:51 PM UTC If you believe the [royal wedding](http://time.com/5283570/royal-wedding-celebrities/) memes, then Pippa Middleton’s dress at Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s royal wedding could be yours for a dollar. The Duchess of Cambridge’s younger sister’s lovely silky pleated pistachio green frock had delicate painterly pink blossoms. It was pleated. It was perfect for a spring wedding. It was also perfect for [memes](http://time.com/5260394/royal-wedding-prince-george-princess-charlotte/). As millions watched Pippa Middleton arrive to the royal wedding, many saw a beloved royal. But some saw only a can of Arizona iced tea. It took just one look before the internet promptly turned the [$695 dress designed by The Fold](https://fashionista.com/2018/05/prince-harry-meghan-markle-royal-wedding-pippa-middleton-dress) into Pippa Middleton iced tea memes. Commoners everywhere were abuzz with tweets comparing Pippa’s royal wedding dress to their favorite beverage. That was just one of the royal wedding meme fascinations that the blessed union of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry gave us. The Mulroney page boy notably photobombed Meghan Duchess of Sussex, winning the internet with his [joyful face](http://time.com/5283734/royal-wedding-page-boy/). See a sampling of Pippa Middleton royal wedding memes below. > [](https://twitter.com/sarahnrogers/status/997784694388346880) > [](https://twitter.com/LilAnimeGod/status/997768804846526464) > [](https://twitter.com/dimiginger%5Fmars/status/997771185973878784) Someone really upped the ante with a bevy of beverage comparisons. > [](https://twitter.com/JMOxQ%5F%5F/status/997842372749905920) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5283987/pippa-middleton-dress-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5283987/pippa-middleton-dress-meme/"},"headline":"People Think Pippa Middleton's Dress Looks Eerily Like an Arizona Iced Tea Can","datePublished":"2018-05-19T13:51:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:39.274Z","description":"The Duchess of Cambridge's younger sister Pippa Middleton's dress at the 2018 royal wedding is a hialrious iced tea meme.","url":"https://time.com/5283987/pippa-middleton-dress-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royal wedding"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61f0ba425b6c3a4b/698930d1fb4eaca544896a56/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-prince-william-hats-pippa-middleton.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/blt61f0ba425b6c3a4b/698930d1fb4eaca544896a56/royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-prince-william-hats-pippa-middleton.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"royal-wedding-2018-meghan-markle-prince-william-hats-pippa-middleton","caption":"Pippa Middleton and James Matthews arrive at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018.","creditText":"Chris Jackson—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/5283987/pippa-middleton-dress-meme/","name":"People Think Pippa Middleton's Dress Looks Eerily Like an Arizona Iced Tea Can"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"The Duchess of Cambridge's younger sister Pippa Middleton's dress at the 2018 royal wedding is a hialrious iced tea meme.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5283987/pippa-middleton-dress-meme/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5283987/pippa-middleton-dress-meme/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```