Meghan Markle’s Americanness Is Officially Rubbing Off on Prince Harry

Prince Harry may be the epitome of Britain's “posh” upper class—but it looks like Meghan Markle’s Americanness is starting to rub off. While at the Commonwealth Youth Forum, the sixth in line to the throne dropped a term distinct to the U.S. of A.

According to The Evening Standard, while talking to to a group of young delegates who had recently discussed issues like climate change and women’s rights, Prince Harry said “Don’t get sucked into the system of putting on a band-aid,” before adding, “American-style.”

There was a need for such clarification: in England, small bandages aren’t called band-aids, but are instead referred to as “plasters.”

Much to the group’s amusement, Harry then had to explain to Markle the cultural difference at play. Apparently she laughed at the whole ordeal.

A small slip-up, if that, but it does beg a bigger question: What other American expressions has Prince Harry picked up?

Vacation instead of holiday? Apartment rather than flat? Asking for the check, rather than the bill? Or perhaps the most divisive of all: playing soccer, not football.

All jokes aside, the use of “band-aid” isn’t the only example of how Markle’s nationality has snuck into Harry’s utterly British world. Take their wedding cake: while it’s been a royal tradition to serve fruitcake at weddings, Prince Harry opted for an “American-style” lemon elderflower one instead. Then there are the invitations, made by a British printer but but with ink from across the pond.

Now, if only Prince Harry would finally try a s’more.