Britain’s Royal Wedding Is Terrible News for Prince William Impersonators

Meghan Markle’s marriage to Prince Harry is the only monarchical topic people care about

Simon Watkinson’s reign as one of the U.K.’s leading Prince William look-alikes has, until now, been serene.

On a recent Sunday evening the 36-year-old doppelgänger sat on a sofa in a plush London hotel after entertaining a group of American air-conditioner sales reps. He listed his numerous career highlights. There was the mobbing by tourists outside Buckingham Palace, the trip to Australia to film a Chinese milk commercial and the time he was offered $14,000 to do porn, which he turned down.

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