Trevor Noah mocked royal family tension over Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Oprah interview at the Grammys

• Grammys host Trevor Noah took aim at the royal family during his opening monologue.
• Noah compared the tension among the Grammy nominees to a family reunion at Buckingham Palace.
• Last week, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry gave a bombshell interview about royal life with Oprah Winfrey.
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Grammys host Trevor Noah used his opening monologue to mock the tension surrounding the royal family following the drama around Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Oprah interview.

As Noah opened the 2021 Grammys, he noted that this ceremony was going to be unlike any other due to the restrictions in place because of the pandemic.

"This year's Grammys is going to look a little different, I'm not going to front, the whole thing is going to be pretty different," Noah said.

"But it's going to be even more exciting because our nominees will be sitting at those tables for their awards, so right now there's more tension in that tent than at a family reunion at Buckingham Palace," Noah said.

The gag comes at the expense of the royal family, who have been involved in a very dramatic week after Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Oprah interview aired on Sunday, March 7.

During the interview, the couple revealed some bombshell revelations. Markle said that she had had suicidal thoughts after joining the royal family, while the couple said that that a member of the family had had "concerns and conversations" regarding the color of Archie's skin.

Reaction to the interview has continued to pour in from both sides of the pond, with Piers Morgan the centre of the drama in the UK as he quit "Good Morning Britain" after he refused to apologize following his on-air rants against Markle.

But the royal family weren't the only UK-specific targets in Noah's opening monologue. The chat show host and comedian also took aim at the country's Prime Minister, Boris Johnson.

Noah was speaking about Harry Styles, who performed "Watermelon Sugar" at the ceremony and won his first-ever Grammy for the song, too.

Noah said: "It's crazy to think that someone that talented and handsome is from the same place as Boris Johnson."

Noah's Grammys was touted as a success, and the evening saw some record-breaking wins. Taylor Swift became the first woman in history to win the album of the year Grammy three times. Meanwhile, Beyoncé's four wins on Sunday makes her the woman with the most Grammy wins ever. She also is now tied with Quincy Jones as the most-awarded artist ever with 28 wins.