Cheeky theory is the best explanation yet for the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle engagement

News of the engagement between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle caught Americans' imagination just like any other story about the British royals -- births, anniversaries, celebrations, jubilees, and so on.

But what if behind the jolly facade of a couple in love wishing to declare their commitment before God and the nation there's an actual conspiracy to reclaim a former colony, lost in a never-forgotten, embittered war?

That's the joke Greg Pollowitz, editor at Twitchy.com, dug up to explain the royal announcement:

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Meghan Markle is American, so the future offspring will be Americans! Da-daam! Boom! Mic drop!

It was just a cheeky tweet, but it went absolutely viral and people just loved it:

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There was the obvious Brexit reference:

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As well as the Trump one:

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Some conjectured a crossover between two incredibly popular TV shows:

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But in general the tweets reacting to the joke were just hilarious:

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While someone took it a bit too seriously:

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