Comedian left cringing as he learns of Prince Philip's death moments after joking about it

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A comedian was left cringing as he cracked jokes about Prince Philip's age during his set - only to be informed by an audience member that the senior royal had just died.

Aussie funnyman Lewis Spears made a number of gags about the Royals during his latest show and how they'd hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons in the last few weeks.

Lewis brought up the infamous Oprah Winfrey interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and speculated at the fallout behind closed doors. "The Royals are in the news...the Royal Family, the royal controversy...can you believe that the royals are bad people?

Yes! They live in castles. Of course they're not very nice. Have you guys not seen Shrek?" he joked. "I saw one headline that was like: Has The