--- title: George Clooney and Amal Clooney Become Meme at Royal Wedding description: George Clooney and Amal Clooney became a hilarious meme at the 2018 Royal Wedding of Meghan and Prince Harry. canonical: https://time.com/5284852/george-amal-clooney-royal-wedding-meme/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-20T15:02:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:38.738Z og:title: Everyone Made the Same Joke About George and Amal Clooney at the Royal Wedding og:description: People joked about an Ocean's 11 style plot to con the palace og:url: https://time.com/5284852/george-amal-clooney-royal-wedding-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ea27db3259990c2/698930f74ee262019b311dda/gettyimages-960035860.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5472 og:image:height: 3078 og:image:alt: Prince Harry Marries Ms. Meghan Markle - Windsor Castle og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Everyone Made the Same Joke About George and Amal Clooney at the Royal Wedding twitter:description: People joked about an Ocean's 11 style plot to con the palace twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9ea27db3259990c2/698930f74ee262019b311dda/gettyimages-960035860.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Everyone Made the Same Joke About George and Amal Clooney at the Royal Wedding > Sponsored content. 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George Clooney and Amal Clooney became a hilarious meme at the 2018 Royal Wedding of Meghan and Prince Harry._ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 20, 2018 3:02 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman May 20, 2018 3:02 PM UTC Amal and George Clooney just wanted to watch [Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry](http://time.com/longform/a-royal-album-harry-and-meghans-wedding/) wed at the [royal wedding](http://time.com/5276277/royal-wedding-live/) on Saturday. But people online wanted them to pull off a heist. The internet couldn’t help but surmise that and [Amal and George’s color-coordinated, dashing outfits](http://time.com/5283429/amal-clooney-royal-wedding-2018/) worn so close to glittering tiaras and the heirloom jewels made the Clooneys prime targets for some heist movie fan fiction. After all, George Clooney stars in the _Ocean’s_ movie franchise that sees Danny Ocean (originally played by Frank Sinatra) leading a crew to swindle “the take” from Las Vegas casinos. Jokes that the Clooneys would swindle the British monarchy when they least expected it abounded. A number of users online [cracked](http://time.com/5283734/royal-wedding-page-boy/) that George Clooney was about to go full Danny Ocean. One user even wanted to know where Matt Damon, who plays Danny Ocean’s recruit Linus Caldwell was. See some of the George and Amal royal wedding memes below. > [](https://twitter.com/comedylopez/status/997785384988889093) > [](https://twitter.com/THETonyMorrison/status/997823248648884224) > [](https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/997809895801016321) > [](https://twitter.com/jedipadmaster/status/997895438710788106) But con artistry was just an internet fantasy. What the couple did accomplish was a memorably regal entrance to the festivities. 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