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| Trump-Queen visit: Was the US president late? | Trump-Queen visit: Was the US president late? |
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| Claim: President Trump says he was not late for the Queen when they met in July. He says he was actually early. | |
| Reality Check verdict: The president arrived and met the Queen on time, according to the official schedule. However, he didn't arrive 15 minutes early as he claims. | |
| President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania denied that he was late for the Queen, calling the story "disgusting". | President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania denied that he was late for the Queen, calling the story "disgusting". |
| "So here was the story by the fake news: the president was 15 minutes late for the Queen - wrong," he said. | "So here was the story by the fake news: the president was 15 minutes late for the Queen - wrong," he said. |
| In fact, said the president, he was early. | In fact, said the president, he was early. |
| "I was about 15 minutes early and I'm waiting with my wife and that's fine - hey, it's the Queen, right?" | "I was about 15 minutes early and I'm waiting with my wife and that's fine - hey, it's the Queen, right?" |
| So what actually happened? | So what actually happened? |
| Let's go back to 13 July for the president's visit to Windsor Castle. | Let's go back to 13 July for the president's visit to Windsor Castle. |
| From the live BBC television pictures on the day we can see that as the time approaches 17:00, the Queen is standing alone on the dais in the castle quadrangle. | From the live BBC television pictures on the day we can see that as the time approaches 17:00, the Queen is standing alone on the dais in the castle quadrangle. |
| Some journalists on Twitter pointed out that the Queen had been waiting there for some time and some said that she had even been checking her watch. | Some journalists on Twitter pointed out that the Queen had been waiting there for some time and some said that she had even been checking her watch. |
| So had the Queen been kept waiting by the US president? | So had the Queen been kept waiting by the US president? |
| The answer is no - according to the official schedule. The president arrived almost exactly on time. | The answer is no - according to the official schedule. The president arrived almost exactly on time. |
| The TV pictures show that President Trump stepped out of the car at 17:01, and greets the Queen shortly afterwards (he was due to enter the quadrangle at 17:00). | The TV pictures show that President Trump stepped out of the car at 17:01, and greets the Queen shortly afterwards (he was due to enter the quadrangle at 17:00). |
| So he was on time, but had he had to wait? Was he "15 minutes early", as he claimed? | So he was on time, but had he had to wait? Was he "15 minutes early", as he claimed? |
| From the TV footage we know President Trump's helicopter landed in the castle grounds at about 16:50, which was on schedule. | From the TV footage we know President Trump's helicopter landed in the castle grounds at about 16:50, which was on schedule. |
| Let's assume it took President Trump and the First Lady five minutes to unstrap themselves from their seats, make their way down the steps and get into their car. | Let's assume it took President Trump and the First Lady five minutes to unstrap themselves from their seats, make their way down the steps and get into their car. |
| Then another five minutes to travel the approximately 500m from the landing site to the dais where the Queen was waiting (the vehicle can be seen travelling at walking speed - say about 4mph ). | Then another five minutes to travel the approximately 500m from the landing site to the dais where the Queen was waiting (the vehicle can be seen travelling at walking speed - say about 4mph ). |
| That takes us to 17:00 - almost the exact time of the arrival of the presidential vehicle at the Queen's dais. So not enough time for 15 minutes of waiting time to have elapsed. | That takes us to 17:00 - almost the exact time of the arrival of the presidential vehicle at the Queen's dais. So not enough time for 15 minutes of waiting time to have elapsed. |
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