Donald Trump was caught lying about what happened when he met Queen Elizabeth II.
In a speech about his visit to Windsor Castle last week, the US President falsely claimed the British monarch had reviewed her Guard of Honour "for the first time in 70 years" when he came to the UK.
Speaking at the White House on Tuesday he said: "We met with the Queen, who is absolutely a terrific person, where she reviewed her Honour Guard for the first time in 70 years, they tell me.
"We walked in front of the Honour Guard and that was very inspiring to see and be with her. And I think the relationship, I can truly say is a good one. But she was very, very inspiring indeed."
But Trump's statement was far from the truth, because, as the Queen’s coronation was in June 1953 – meaning she hasn’t even been on the throne for 70 years. She has reviewed the Guard of Honour frequently during her 66-year reign as monarch, including in 2011 when she reviewed it with former president Barack Obama.
People were quick to pick up on the lie on Twitter and they called Trump out for it.
"Exactly how old does he think she is?" one Twitter user asked.
Another said: "Trump claims that the Queen reviewed her Honour Guard for the first time in 70 years. That’s absolute nonsense."
Below are other times The Queen reviewed her Guard of Honour and a video of Trump telling a lie.
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Spot on, I agree with everything you have said. I live in New York and trust me I cannot stand him even though he is the president due to stuffs like this, he thinks so highly of himself...
Donaled Trump is just an idiotic liar and a master teller of tales for his very exiostance ; he belives he is the first in every thing and all previous Presidents are irrelevant ; pure self aggradisement ; the truth is that Donald Trump does not realise that he is a laughing stock and a JOKE!!!!!;the man does not read and not academically intelligent ; he thinks being rich means intelligence ;the Queen inspects and reviews honour guard all the time before he Donald Trump was President; the man wants to create the impression that he is so important in the history of the US but what he forgets that after two terms he will be out but the Queen will still be there reviwing honour guards.
If you are trying to white-wash a Trump lie you failed. How is 7 years interval of the Queen honoring her Guard something to brag about?
I think he meant 7 years since the last time was 2011 when Pres Obama visited.