Archie Thomas Manners (born 19 May 1993) is a British comedian, magician, and television host. He hosted '' The Royal World'', a reality television series on MTV International which aired in 2018. Archie was a cohost on the Josh Pieters and Archie Manners YouTube channel, with Josh Pieters that earned more than 1 million subscribers.

Early life

A great-grandson of Francis Henry Manners, 4th Baron Manners, he is fifteenth in the line of succession to the Manners Barony and, as a descendant of

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, twenty-third in the line of succession to the Dukedom of Rutland. He grew up in

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. He earned a degree in political studies from

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Broadcasting and journalism career

Manners hosts the reality television series '' The Royal World'' on MTV International and starred in

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's ''Trickheads''. He also hosts British television show ''Look into My Eyes'' on E4. Manners has an online series for The Hook called ''Archie Asks''. He also writes a satirical column for the ''Gentleman's Journal''.

YouTube

In September 2019, Manners and

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Josh Pieters created a fake restaurant through

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. It was called The Italian Stallion, and it was said to deliver microwavable meals as an experiment. They returned all of the profit from the venture. In November 2019, they followed this up with a prank at the KSI vs. Logan Paul II boxing match, where they managed to convince several attendees that an

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lookalike was the actual Ed Sheeran. In January 2020, English

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political commentator

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was pranked by Manners and Pieters into accepting a fake award, titled the "Campaign to Unify the Nation Trophy". Pieters flew Hopkins to

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where she accepted the award and gave a speech, while the initials of the fictitious award were prominently displayed in the background, forming the swear word "

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". The pair uploaded the prank to their YouTube channel on the same day that Hopkins was suspended from

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for breaking their anti-hate rules. In May 2020, Manners and Pieters pranked Big Cat Rescue CEO, Carole Baskin, into believing she was giving an interview on ''

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''. In July 2023, Manners and Pieters disrupted an event held by environmental activist group

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. In December of that year, Manners and Pieters pranked

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into accepting

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comedy show ''

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s " Dick Of The Year Award", after viewers of the show voted for her to be that year's recipient.

Political activism

As a Conservative Party activist, he wrote for the right-wing blog

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and attended the party's conferences in 2010 and 2011. He worked as an intern for Conservative politician

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during the 2010 general election. In February 2025, it was reported that Manners was working for political party

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in digital communications. In June of that year, Manners was hired by The Centre for a Better Britain (formerly Resolute 1850), a Reform UK-aligned

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to "provide social media and communications advice".

References

External links

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