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Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen dished on the royal protocol rules they were given ahead of meeting Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan Markle at the premiere of their film, The Lion King.

“You’re given a lot of protocol to follow which is unusual,” Seth said while making an appearance on UK’s This Morning. “Respect their personal space. They’re the only people I’ve met who come with protocol so that was interesting. And then I think what we were trying to gauge is how many people were following the protocol and how strict the protocol is.”

“I assume you get put in the Tower Of London if it all goes wrong. I’ve got to think of the repercussions. I’d like to come back here one day,” he added.

Billy then added, “Like Seth said, they tell you you’re supposed to say your Royal Highness, you can’t speak until your hands are locked together in a handshake and all these crazy things, and I didn’t know how much you were supposed to follow that so I started panicking. We were watching what our friend Keegan (Keegan-Michael Key) did and he did none of the protocol either and just kind of nodded his head, then it all fell apart.”

If you missed it, Billy revealed what he spoke about with Duchess Meghan Markle.

Billy Eichner got the chance to meet Duchess Meghan Markle and her husband Prince Harry at The Lion King premiere in London, England on Sunday (July 14).

It all started when a fan posted a video of Billy at the premiere, privately telling his co-star Seth Rogen how he was going to greet the royal couple.

“OMG Here I am completely freaking out to @Sethrogen about how I’m going to greet Prince Harry and Meghan I’M CRYING,” Billy tweeted. “BTW they were both super down to earth and lovely and Meghan and I talked about our @NorthwesternU acting teachers (shout out to Mary Poole and David Downs!)”

If you don’t know, the Duchess graduated from Northwestern University in 2003, and Billy graduated from Northwestern University in 2000.

The Duchess also got to meet someone else very famous at the big premiere.

Billy Eichner, Keegan-Michael Key, and Seth Rogen rock bow ties on the red carpet at the premiere of The Lion King on Sunday afternoon (July 14) at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London, England.

The guys were joined at the premiere by Seth‘s wife Lauren Miller along with co-star Florence Kasumba and director Jon Favreau.

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Also in attendance at the premiere were the film’s musical composers Pharrell Williams and wife Helen Lasichanh, Elton John and husband David Furnish, and Hans Zimmer, and Disney President Bob Iger.

The Lion King hits theaters on Friday, July 19th.

FYI: Seth Rogen is wearing an Ermenegildo Zegna XXX tux.

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Billy Eichner is opening up about having more gay characters in animated movies.

The 40-year-old actor – who voices Timon in new live-action The Lion King – said in a recent interview that he wants to see more gay characters on screen that aren’t a “mystery.”

“Gay people always had to sort of search for the closeted gay character, because there were no openly gay characters, and we were so thirsty for them,” Billy shared with Buzzfeed. “People are always trying to find the gay character in animated movies. I think the way to correct that is to actually put gay characters in animated movies…One of the last frontiers for LGBT representation is animated family films.”

Billy continued: “There should just be existing openly LGBT characters so that we don’t have to keep arguing about Bert and Ernie. I don’t care if Bert and Ernie are gay. I want to see actual gay people that are not a mystery. The way to move on from all those debates is to just create openly gay characters in children’s programming and family entertainment.”

Billy then went on to set the record straight that Timon and Pumbaa – voiced by Seth Rogen in the new movie – are not a couple.

“Timon and Pumbaa are different species,” Billy shared. “I don’t even think that’s ethically correct, you know, that they would be a couple in some way.”

The Lion King hits theaters on Friday, July 19th.

Donald Glover is all smiles as he hits the stage for The Lion King press conference on Wednesday (July 10) in Beverly Hills, Ca;if.

The 35-year-old entertainer was joined on stage by co-stars Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen as they promoted their highly anticipated live-action Disney film.

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Fellow cast members at the press event included Chiwetel Ejiofor, Keegan-Michael Key, Eric Andre, Alfre Woodard, John Kani, Florence Kasumba, JD McCrary, and Shahadi Wright Joseph along with director Jon Favreau.

Skipping out on the event was Beyonce, but you can listen to her new song “Spirit” from the movie here!

The Lion King hits theaters on July 19.

FYI: Donald is wearing a Missoni t-shirt and Etro pants.

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Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner hit the red carpet for the premiere of The Lion King on Tuesday (July 9) at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, Calif.

The guys will be voicing Timon and Pumbaa in the highly-anticipated live action remake of the Disney classic.

Joining Seth and Billy at the premiere were their co-stars Keegan-Michael Key and wife Elisa Pugliese, Eric Andre, and Florence Kasumba.

The Lion King will be released on July 19. Make sure you check out the full cast photo here!

FYI: Billy Eichner is wearing a Paul Smith suit. Florence Kasumba is wearing a Jenny Packham gown. Keegan-Michael Key is wearing Dolce&Gabbana.

10+ pictures inside of the cast at the premiere…More Here! »

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter stuns in this new image with her Lion King character, Nala.

Disney just dropped a handful of images of the voice actors with their pride counterparts including:

Donald Glover with Simba; Shahadi Wright Joseph and JD McCrary with young Simba and young Nala; John Oliver, Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner with Zazu, Pumbaa and Timon; Chiwetel Ejiofor with Scar; Alfre Woodard with Sarabi; Eric André, Florence Kasumba and Keegan-Michael Key with hyenas Azizi, Shenzi and Kamari.

A new featurette was also revealed today, showing brand new footage from the new CGI movie, and a glimpse behind the scenes during recording sessions.

The Lion King opens in theaters on July 19th.