Shortly after Jack Shep made his debut as one of the first ever cast members on Saturday Night Live UK, his face – albeit in full Princess Diana drag – was everywhere.
Shep’s coquettish take on the late royal, complete with blonde bouffant and uncanny head tilt, became the show’s first viral meme, his doe-eyed look down the barrel of the camera quickly becoming the image of the burgeoning SNL UK. Sky even capitalised on Shep’s moment by rolling out promotional posters of the moment across London Tube stations. In the days after the premiere, he quite literally became the people’s princess.
