Unfollow

**Unfollow** is the first episode of The Prince.

## Synopsis

When Prince George discovers that Kelly Ripa doesn't follow him on *Instagram*, he flips out and seizes the investiture of Greta Thunberg to get in touch with her in person.

## Plot

Prince George gets his toenails trimmed by his personal butler, Owen, while he looks at Kelly Ripa's posts on *Instagram* but then he comes to the horrifying realization that Kelly Ripa doesn't follow him back, which worries him to the bone. Owen assures George that Kelly Ripa most likely just unfollowed him by accident.

Queen Elizabeth II goes up to her butlers, Douglas and Greg and yells at them for nothing, asking them about her upcoming investiture for Greta Thunberg and if they'll be serving her favorite treat there, this being The Flummery Tart.

At school, Prince George complains more about how Kelly Ripa isn't following him and his friends, Dinesh and Sebastian tell him that he can take advantage of the upcoming investiture of Greta Thunberg by convincing the queen to make Kelly Ripa a dame there too. Prince George takes this advice and it ends up working.

Meanwhile in LA, Prince Harry looks around the refrigerator, completely amazed by this fancy new appliance and keeps on dumping out ice. Meghan Markle tells Harry that if they want to pay for the apartment they live in, which Harry still believes to be a tiny palace, they're going to need to get jobs. Ever since she got fired from *Suits*, Meghan has been looking for a new acting career and also encourages Harry to get a job too.

Down in the kitchen, the butlers get to working on making flummery tarts for the investiture. Douglas takes Teddy down to the basement, where he shows them how flummery tarts are made. There, they see a dark dungeon full of monsters, who make the tarts. As Douglas explains, centuries ago, a bunch of chefs were brought down into that dungeon to make food and were never let out, turning them into a species of hideous mole people, who they still keep down there to this day and force to make food for them.

When the royal investiture finally starts, Prince William and Catherine Middleton greet Kelly Ripa. William and Catherine insult each other out of spite, which drives Kelly away. Prince George rushes up to Kelly and introduces himself. He small talks with her and leads the conversation to *Instagram*, until he gets Kelly to check it and find out herself that she's not following him. Kelly apologizes and then follows him, rendering George's little mission complete. Prince Charles and Camilla Shand come up to Kelly after and introduce themselves. Prince Charles says that Camilla is a very talkative person and Camilla just stands there in silence, not saying a single word. Kelly tells Charles that she liked his last wife better.

That night, Prince George celebrates now having Kelly Ripa following him on *Instagram*, while Owen applies face cream to him. Prince George takes advantage of this situation by unfollowing Kelly Ripa for no reason other than to be a bitch. Prince George then berates Owen for just letting him unfollow her without holding him back and Owen apologizes, blaming himself as being solely responsible for George's actions. George thanks Owen for being so honest with his little apology and thanks him by following him on *Instagram*. Prince George ends off his wonderful little day by listening to *Lady Gaga*.

## Characters

### Major Roles

* Prince George
* Queen Elizabeth II
* Prince Philip
* Prince Charles
* Camilla Shand
* Prince William
* Catherine Middleton
* Prince Harry
* Meghan Markle
* Princess Charlotte
* Prince Louis
* Owen
* Douglas
* Greg
* Kelly Ripa

### Minor Roles

* Sebastian
* Dinesh
* Edmund
* Teddy
* Monsters
* Greta Thunberg (Cameo)
* Ms. Kathy (Non-Speaking Cameo)

## Trivia

* Prince George is shown to be an avid Instagram user, who goes by the name @PrinceG2013.
	+ In real life, the actual Prince George does, in fact, have an *Instragram* account, managed by his parents, but it's not the same name mentioned in the show. It's "@PrinceGerogeOfCambridgeUK", as seen here.
* Owen is the widower of a woman, who he posts pictures of on Instagram, along with several pictures of his garden.
* Owen's Instagram is @OwenPalace.
* Queen Elizabeth II's favorite food is flummery tarts, which she demands be served at every meal and formal event.
* Centuries ago, Buckingham Palace enslaved some people as chefs and trapped them in a dungeon, where they were forced to make flummery tarts and never leave ever in their lives. Over the decades, they would be forced to breed with each other and throughout the generations, they evolved into a race of monsters, who still make flummery tarts in the dungeon today.
* Prince Louis appears but has no dialogue.

### Cultural References

* Prince George listens to the 2020 *Lady Gaga* pop song, "*Stupid Love*".
* Kelly Ripa tells Prince Charles that she liked his old wife better, in comparison to Camilla Shand. This is a reference to *Princess Diana*, who was the first wife of Charles and the mother of William and Harry before she died in a tragic car accident.
* Prince George notes how due to the cold weather, Greta Thunberg barely had anything to say at her own investiture, making a joke about Thunberg's constant propagation of global warming.