Archie Manners

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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 John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland, twenty-third in the line of succession to the Dukedom of Rutland. He grew up in Hampshire.{{cite web|author=Richard Moss |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/richardmoss/2010/10/the_amazing_adventures_of_youn.html |title=Moss Missives: The amazing adventures of young Archie Manners |publisher=BBC |date=6 October 2010 |access-date=15 March 2020}} He earned a degree in political studies from University of Bristol.{{cite web|author=Emma Hughes |url=https://www.countrylife.co.uk/luxury/gentleman/life-of-a-modern-magician-171452 |title=The life of a modern magician: Razor blades, ballet shoes and bumping into the Obamas |publisher=Countrylife.co.uk |date=20 December 2017 |access-date=15 March 2020}}

Broadcasting and journalism career

Manners hosts the reality television series The Royal World on MTV International and starred in Comedy Central's Trickheads.{{cite web |url=http://www.sternbergclarke.co.uk/acts/archie-manners |title=Archie Manners - Magician |publisher=Sternberg Clarke |date= |access-date=15 March 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=https://www.archiemanners.com/|title=Archie Manners|website=archiemanners.com}} He also hosts British television show Look into My Eyes on E4.{{cite web|url=https://www.moneymanagementuk.com/pickpocket/archie-manners/ |title=» Archie Manners |publisher=Moneymanagementuk.com |date= |access-date=15 March 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.contrabandevents.com/project/archie-manners-famous-magician-uk/ |title=Booking agent for Archie Manners - Magician |publisher=Contraband Events |date= |access-date=15 March 2020}} 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 YouTuber Josh Pieters created a fake restaurant through Deliveroo. 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.sg/youtuber-josh-pieters-sold-microwave-meals-on-deliveroo-2019-9 |title=A YouTuber with almost 1 million subscribers sold microwave meals from his apartment on food-delivery app Deliveroo pretending to be a restaurant called 'The Italian Stallion', Business Insider - Business Insider Singapore |publisher=Businessinsider.sg |date=9 September 2019 |access-date=15 March 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 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 Ed Sheeran lookalike was the actual Ed Sheeran.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/youtuber-convinced-influencers-ed-sheeran-attended-ksi-logan-paul-lookalike-2019-11|title = A YouTuber used an ed Sheeran lookalike to trick influencers and tabloids into believing that the real singer was at the KSI vs Logan Paul fight| website=Insider.com | date=27 June 2018 }}

In January 2020, English far-right political commentator Katie Hopkins was pranked by Manners and Pieters into accepting a fake award, titled the "Campaign to Unify the Nation Trophy".{{Cite web|title=YouTuber Josh Pieters tricks Katie Hopkins into accepting fake 'C**T' award|url=https://www.nme.com/news/katie-hopkins-accepts-fake-ct-award-from-youtube-prankster-josh-pieters-2603488|date=31 January 2020|website=NME Music News|language=en-GB|access-date=1 February 2020}} Pieters flew Hopkins to Prague 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 "cunt". The pair uploaded the prank to their YouTube channel on the same day that Hopkins was suspended from Twitter for breaking their anti-hate rules.{{Cite web|title=YouTube star who tricked Katie Hopkins into accepting fake award has 'no regrets'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/katie-hopkins-youtube-prank-speech-josh-pieters-fake-award-twitter-video-prague-a9312591.html|last=Stolworthy|first=Jacob|date=1 February 2020|website=The Independent|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202141501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/katie-hopkins-youtube-prank-speech-josh-pieters-fake-award-twitter-video-prague-a9312591.html |archive-date=2 February 2020 |access-date=5 May 2020}}

In May 2020, Manners and Pieters pranked Big Cat Rescue CEO, Carole Baskin, into believing she was giving an interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.{{Cite web|title=Carole Baskin responds to YouTube pranksters tricking her|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/04/entertainment/carole-baskin-youtube-prank-trnd/index.html|last=France|first=Lisa Respers|date=4 May 2020|website=CNN|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504130206/https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/04/entertainment/carole-baskin-youtube-prank-trnd/index.html |archive-date=4 May 2020 |access-date=5 May 2020}}

In July 2023, Manners and Pieters disrupted an event held by environmental activist group Just Stop Oil.{{Cite news |last1=Somerville |first1=Ewan |last2=Bolton |first2=Will |date=2023-07-24 |title=Just Stop Oil get 'taste of their own medicine' as banquet is crashed by YouTube pranksters |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/24/just-stop-oil-banquet-counter-protesters-youtube-prankster/ |access-date=2023-07-27 |issn=0307-1235}} In December of that year, Manners and Pieters pranked Conservative MP Suella Braverman into accepting Channel 4 comedy show The Last Leg's "Dick Of The Year Award", after viewers of the show voted for her to be that year's recipient.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/suella-braverman-prank-dick-of-the-year-b2465376.html|title=Channel 4's The Last Leg pranks Suella Braverman into collecting 'D*** of the year' award|last=Mathers|first=Matt|date=16 December 2023|work=The Independent|accessdate=28 December 2023}}

Political activism

As a Conservative Party activist, he wrote for the right-wing blog Conservative Home{{Cite web |last=Manners |first=Archie |date=October 30, 2010 |title=Archie Manners: A look at the official list of gifts and hospitality received by David Cameron and the Cabinet |url=https://conservativehome.blogs.com/centreright/2010/10/archie-manners-examining-the-official-list-of-gifts-and-hospitality-received-by-david-cameron-and-ot.html |website=Conservative Home}} and attended the party's conferences in 2010 and 2011.{{Cite web |title=Conservative Party Conference 2011: Have David Cameron's Tories lost touch with the party faithful? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/8822984/Conservative-Party-Conference-2011-Have-David-Camerons-Tories-lost-touch-with-the-party-faithful.html |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=15 October 2011 }} He worked as an intern for Conservative politician Anne-Marie Trevelyan during the 2010 general election.{{Cite web |last=Moss |first=Richard |title=BBC - Moss Missives: The amazing adventures of young Archie Manners |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/richardmoss/2010/10/the_amazing_adventures_of_youn.html |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}

In February 2025, it was reported that Manners was working for political party Reform UK in digital communications. {{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/15/reform-uk-inside-story-of-nigel-farage-quest-for-power |title='Guess who's back?': the inside story of Nigel Farage's quest for power |last=Mason|first=Rowena|date=15 February 2025|work=The Guardian|accessdate= 15 February 2025}} In June of that year, Manners was hired by The Centre for a Better Britain (formerly Resolute 1850), a Reform UK-aligned think tank to "provide social media and communications advice".{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/reform-linked-thinktank-hires-youtube-star-in-policy-and-pr-push-13372173?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter|title=Reform-linked thinktank hires YouTube star in policy and PR push|last=Rogers|first=Alexandra|date=3 June 2025|work=Sky News|accessdate=3 June 2025}}