TORONTO -- Buckingham Palace and the White House have both denied speculation that the Prince of Wales deliberately snubbed U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence while greeting world leaders on Thursday.
In video shared widely online, Charles is seen shaking hands at the World Holocaust Forum in in Jerusalem. He greets European Jewish Congress president and founder of the World Holocaust Forum Moshe Kantor then appears to walk straight past Pence and wife Karen to greet Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, who was hosting the fifth edition of the event. Pence pats the prince on his arm as he walks by.
Pence鈥檚 press secretary tweeted Thursday morning that the 鈥渟nub鈥� characterization was 鈥渘ot true.鈥�
鈥淰P and Prince Charles spoke prior to entering the event floor and after his remarks as well,鈥� wrote Katie Waldman, of the duo鈥檚 apparently cheerful exchange.
Buckingham Palace also confirmed as much with the BBC, saying the two had a 鈥溾�� before the event began.
The , which has been retweeted thousands of times, was greeted with a mix of praise and skepticism online.
鈥淚 assume this was purely unintentional,鈥� wrote Twitter user Joshua Phillipson, who posted the clip. 鈥淪till kinda funny on an 鈥樷�� level.鈥�
鈥淭hat is how the whole world feels! Kudos to Prince Charles,鈥� wrote one user.
鈥淭hat says MUCH more about Charles than it does Pence. Pence should consider it a badge of honor,鈥� wrote another.
This isn鈥檛 the first instance of speculation about a royal and a U.S. leader鈥檚 interactions. In December, video filmed at a Buckingham Palace reception caught Princess Anne apparently shrugging at Queen Elizabeth, who was greeting U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania. At the time, some social media users suggested the Queen was 鈥渟colding鈥� Anne for ignoring the Trumps.
With files from The Associated Press
