Editing Monarchy of Canada (section)

====Television====
The television series ''[[Rideau Hall (TV series)|Rideau Hall]]'', starring [[Bette MacDonald]], was produced by the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] and aired for one season in 2002. Its premise was a brash, [[one-hit wonder]] [[Disco (music)|disco]] artist being appointed governor general on the advice of a republican prime minister.<ref>{{Citation |last=Atherton |first=Tony |title=Rooting for Rideau Hall: Bette MacDonald stars as a spaced-out boogie mama appointed as head of state |date=11 October 2002 |newspaper=Montreal Gazette}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Comic's parody of Rideau Hall debuts as CBC-TV series |newspaper=Pembroke Observer |date=11 October 2002}}</ref>
{{External media|video1=[https://vimeo.com/748072647 Scott Thompson as The Queen] Source: [[Broadway Video]].}}

Canadian comedian [[Scott Thompson (comedian)|Scott Thompson]] regularly played a parody of Queen Elizabeth II in a Canadian context on the [[sketch comedy]] television show ''[[The Kids in the Hall (TV series)|The Kids in the Hall]]'',<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/queen-elizabeth-scott-thompson-kids-in-the-hall.html |last=Clark |first=Anne Victoria |title=Scott Thompson, the Once (and Future?) Queen |date=9 September 2022 |publisher=Vulture |access-date=7 February 2023}}</ref> as well as in other productions, such as ''The Queen's Toast: A Royal Wedding Special''<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5546468 |title=The Queen's Toast: A Royal Wedding Special |publisher=IMDb |access-date=7 February 2023}}</ref> and ''[[Conan (talk show)|Conan]]''. Thompson also voiced a portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in Canada in the animated television show ''[[Fugget About It]]'', in the episode "Royally Screwed".<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3173940 |title=Royally Screwed |publisher=IMDb |access-date=7 February 2023}}</ref>

The Canadian monarchy was [[Parody|parodied]] in "[[Royal Pudding]]", the third [[episode]] of the [[South Park (season 15)|15th season]] of the [[Animation|animated]] television show ''[[South Park]]'', which first aired on 11 May 2011.<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1913934 |title=Royal Pudding |publisher=IMDb |access-date=7 February 2023}}</ref> The opening focuses on a spoof of the [[wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton]],<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.avclub.com/south-park-royal-pudding-1798168242 |last=O'Neil |first=Sean |title=South Park: "Royal Pudding" |date=12 May 2011 |magazine=AV Club |access-date=7 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/redeye/redeye-south-park-spoofs-royal-wedding-with-royal-pudding-20110509-story.html |last=Wagner |first=Curt |title='South Park' spoofs royal wedding with 'Royal Pudding' |date=9 May 2011 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |access-date=7 February 2023}}</ref> featuring caricatures of Queen Elizabeth II; Prince William, Prince of Wales; and Catherine, Princess of Wales. Specific mention is made of "the Queen of Canada" and "the Canadian royal family".<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.planearium.de/downloads/scripts/scripts-1503.htm |title=Episode 1503 - Royal Pudding |publisher=Planetarium |access-date=7 February 2023}}</ref> The show subsequently, in the second episode of the [[South Park (season 26)|26th season]], "[[The Worldwide Privacy Tour]]", parodied [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex|the Duke]] and [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex|Duchess of Sussex]] as a prince of Canada and "the wife", who, after hostile treatment at the [[Death and state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II|funeral of the late Queen of Canada]], go on national television and a world tour demanding people and the media not pay attention to them and [[Personal branding|branding]] themselves as victims.<ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/02/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-are-not-suing-south-park |last=Murphy |first=Chris |title=Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Are Not Suing South Park |date=21 February 2023 |magazine=Vanity Fair |publisher=Condé Nast |access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref>