Mock The Week audience gasp in disbelief over shocking Prince Andrew demolition

Mock the Week has never been afraid to poke fun at controversial figures.

Over its 20 year run, the satirical panel show has made jokes about everyone from politicians and monarchs to actors and, most recently, the Beckhams.

However, this week the series comedians have taken things to a whole new level.

In an exclusive clip shared with Metro, the panellists take turns to joke about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly Prince Andrew) and his alleged links to Jeffrey Epstein.

The clip begins with host Dara Ó Briain showing the comics a picture of Andrew behind the wheel of a car and asking, ‘What’s going on here?’

Angela Barnes immediately jumps in and jokes, ‘It’s a bit late for a getaway car,’ to which Lou Sanders replies, ‘he usually drives a younger model, actually’.

As the crowd roars with laughter, the other panellists all get their digs in, but then Ed Byrne goes one step further.

He’s coming up to a no-entry sign,’ Ed begins. ‘And thinking “Well, that never stopped me before.”‘

Following the joke, the audience groans and gasps in pure disbelief while Ed’s fellow panlists laugh.

Andrew’s association with Epstein has generated a huge amount of controversy.

The former prince, who denies any and all wrongdoing, has been stripped of his royal titles by his brother King Charles III, because of his association with the disgraced banker.

This isn’t the first time that a comedian on Mock the Week has taken aim at the royal family.

Former regular Frankie Boyle once got in trouble after he made a joke about the late Queen’s vagina being ‘haunted’.

Following that episode’s release, Chortle reported that at least one person complained to the BBC about Frankie’s joke.

‘In my view, this is a thing you shouldn’t hear anyone say on public funded BBC television, involving as it does the nastiest kind of lese-majesty and ageism,’ they wrote to the BBC Trust.

‘It would have been objectionable at the best of times, but coming as it did in the midst of the Ross and Brand controversy, it was quite unforgivable.’

Despite the complaint, the trustees ruled it was fine to broadcast as ‘although the remark was in poor taste and clearly was offensive to some of the audience, it would not have exceeded the audience’s expectations of the programme’.

Catch Mock The Week, this Sunday at 9pm on TLC, or catch up for free on Discovery Plus.

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