News of the engagement between Prince Harry and Vernost aka Fidelity (2019)Meghan Markle caught Americans' imagination just like any other story about the British royals -- births, anniversaries, celebrations, jubilees, and so on.

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But what if behind the jolly facade of a couple in love wishing to declare their commitment before God and the nation there's an actual conspiracy to reclaim a former colony, lost in a never-forgotten, embittered war?

That's the joke Greg Pollowitz, editor at Twitchy.com, dug up to explain the royal announcement:

Meghan Markle is American, so the future offspring will be Americans! Da-daam! Boom! Mic drop!

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It was just a cheeky tweet, but it went absolutely viral and people just loved it:

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There was the obvious Brexit reference:

As well as the Trump one:

Some conjectured a crossover between two incredibly popular TV shows:

But in general the tweets reacting to the joke were just hilarious:

While someone took it a bit too seriously:

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