Prince William was depicted holding a wooden puppet of Kate Middleton up to a palace window in a cartoon in The Washington Post that went viral on social media. The Princess of Wales had abdominal ...

OK, so Benjamin Franklin didn't mention the latter, but I couldn't help but think it as I sat through episode after episode of "The Prince," HBO Max's new cartoon spoofing the royal family.

He's Prince George's hero next door ... talking about his first cartoon project SuperTed, that led to London firefighter Dave Jones getting the ball rolling in the early 1980s.