An Australian comedian performing in a club found out that Prince Philip had died as he cracked a joke about him on stage.

Lewis Spears said, "Have you guys seen Prince Philip? He's 3000 years old," to which a crowd member shouted "He just died tonight."

"WHAT?!" Lewis replied in disbelief. He stood there with a shocked look on his face until an audience member handed him their phone.

He read off the statement put out by the Royal Family, handed the phone back, and put in his two cents.

"Can I just say.. a bit overdue."

The clip is priceless, and I think we all can think of a time we cracked a similar joke.

Read more at Daily Mail

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