The Margin: Denials are flying, but it sure looks like Prince Charles snubbed Mike Pence

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Haters of the Trump administration eat it up when world leaders diss the president, and they were once again relishing what they thought was another opportunity on Thursday to cackle at the White House’s expense.

But were they mistaken?

As you can see from this video, which has already been viewed more than a million times, it certainly looks as if Prince Charles is refusing to shake Vice President Mike Pence’s hand at the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem.

That’s not the case, however, according to representatives from both sides, who were pushed to react as “Prince Charles” moved to the top of Twitter’s TWTR, -0.76% trending list on Thursday.

Pence’s press secretary Katie Waldman tweeted this rebuttal:

A Buckingham Palace official agreed, telling the BBC the heir-to-the-throne had a “long and warm conversation” with Pence before the ceremony.

That didn’t stop social media from having its fun, though: