--- title: Trevor Noah Delivers Hilarious Royal Wedding Stand-Up Set description: When Trevor Noah scheduled a stand-up show for May 19 in London, he apparently had no idea it would coincide with the royal wedding. canonical: https://time.com/5288440/trevor-noah-royal-wedding-stand-up/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-23T15:07:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:37.715Z og:title: Trevor Noah Is Here With the Royal Wedding Stand-Up Set You Were Waiting For og:description: The Daily Show host performed live the day of Harry and Meghan's wedding og:url: https://time.com/5288440/trevor-noah-royal-wedding-stand-up/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1302b42b27a73e13/698931447cdbac84fad5cf45/trevor-noah-royal-wedding.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Trevor-Noah-YouTube-Brandcast-2018 - Presentation og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trevor Noah Is Here With the Royal Wedding Stand-Up Set You Were Waiting For twitter:description: The Daily Show host performed live the day of Harry and Meghan's wedding twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1302b42b27a73e13/698931447cdbac84fad5cf45/trevor-noah-royal-wedding.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trevor Noah Is Here With the Royal Wedding Stand-Up Set You Were Waiting For > Sponsored content. 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But that doesn’t mean he wasn’t willing to use [Prince Harry](http://time.com/5287214/meghan-markle-princes-charles-birthday/) and [Meghan Markle’s](http://time.com/5287507/royal-wedding-dress-copy/) nuptials as comedic fodder. While performing his set at London’s 02 Arena on Saturday, _The Daily Show_ host shared his take on the hype surrounding the [impact of Harry and Meghan’s ceremony at St. George’s Chapel](http://time.com/5281096/meghan-markle-multicultural-britain/). “My favorite thing was how the British media talked about how black the event was,” he said. “This is like one of those things where I understand they want to talk about it because you’re not used to having like a ‘black wedding.’ He went on to joke about the media’s coverage. “‘Trevor, would you mind speaking about the wedding and really all the black performers? There was a black cellist and there was a black choir and a black pastor. How do you feel?’…It’s a wedding, what do you want me to say? That’s a normal wedding. 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