No, Donald Trump Did Not Eat Spaghetti During the King’s Speech

An AI-generated photo of President Trump slurping spaghetti beside King Charles made the rounds online (spaghetti wasn’t even on the menu), while Buckingham Palace strongly denied reports of Trump’s security team clashing with royal chefs.

The President, meanwhile, hinted at inviting King Charles to the United States for America’s 250th Independence Day celebration, praising the banquet at Windsor Castle as “beautiful” and calling the King “a wonderful guy.” Elsewhere, a resurfaced clip of Prince William taking his seat before the room sparked debate over whether he was breaking protocol—or proving he is the protocol.

In Japan, Edward and Sophie stole the spotlight with a front-row sumo outing, complete with cushion-throwing jokes and golden-shovel tree planting. And in Norway, controversy erupted over Princess Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett’s new Netflix series, which the palace says violates their agreement to keep royal status out of commercial projects.

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Episode Transcript

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Hi, and welcome to Pallace Intrigue. I'm your host, Mark Francis. No,
Donald Trump did not eat spaghetti during the King's speech.
An image purporting to show President Donald Trump inelegantly eating
spaghetti during King Charles's speech of this week's State bankrupt
has gone viral, but it's entirely fabricated. The photo, which
quickly racked up millions of views online, was shared by

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the account raw egg Nationalists, which is over two hundred
ninety thousand followers. In the image, Trump appears midbait dwelling
spaghetti beside the King, who is standing with a speech
in hand, but his social media users soon pointed out
the image is digitally altered. Spaghetti was not on the menu.
According to the BBC, The actual three course dinner featured

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hampshe at watercress panicotta with parmesan shortbread and quail egg salad,
organic Norfolk chicken ballatine and courgette with time and save
regu and a vanilla ice cream bomb filled with Kentish
raspberry saubey and lightly poached Victoria Blums. Buckingham Palace has
issued a rare public denial following claims that Trump's security

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detail clashed with Royal kitchen staff ahead of Wednesday's state banquet.
According to a source cited by The Daily Mail, tensions
reportedly boiled over in the Royal kitchens when members of
the U. S. Secret Service entered the area to monitor
food preparations. The agents are said to have checked and
even some cases, sampled, the dishes being plaited for the

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evening's formal meal, prompting frustration among the chefs. The banquet
was a resounding success in the main hole, the source said,
but there was a disruption behind the scenes. Tensions flared
between the chefs preparing the meal and the U. S
security team responsible for protecting the President and his entourage.
The source alleged that what began as a quiet irritation

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escalated into a heated exchange, with raised voices on both sides.
The episode reportedly lasted only a few minutes and was
entirely unknown to those attending the dinner. The Palace, however,
has firmly pushed back a spokesperson that said this story
and these claims are categorically untrue. President Trump would like
the King to celebrate July fourth in America. Following his

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visit to the UK, the President is said to be
planning to invite Child to the United States next year
as a guest of honor. At the nation's two hundred
and fiftieth Independence Day celebrations a board Air Force one,
Trump said, it was a really fantastic trip. The British
know how to do this perfectly. They set the bar
high for their trip to see us. Everybody was great,

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even the men looked beautiful. That was one of the
coolest rooms. The room was built for a table, but
the table happened to carry two hundred people. Reflecting on
the state banquet held in his honor at Windsor Castle,
trumpet to all reporters it was attended by the biggest
people in the world. When asked what he had to eat,
he replied, simply, whatever the hell they served us. The dinner,

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held in the historic Saint George's Hall, left quite the impression.
Trump praised the occasion as beautiful, saying I view that
as being really respectful for our country. The way they
did it, that was respect for our country. Asked about
the highlight of his trip, Trump appointed not to the
gold carriages or military fanfare, but to his time with
the monarch. I think just being with King Charles, he's

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a wonderful guy. I got to know him very well.
I knew him before, but now I know him a
little better. He went on to admire the castle's decorps,
the artwork. I saw more paintings than any human being
has ever seen in statues. But they treated as great.
They treated our country great. As for first Lady, Trump
confirmed that Malaney enjoyed her time alongside the Princess of Wales.

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The two women had earlier hosted a group of young scouts,
serving them sandwiches made with honey from Kate's and beehive.
Trump said, she did. She thought she was great. I
did too. I sat with her last night, Millennia went
with her today. She thought she was great, A very
wonderful person. She went through a lot too, but hopefully
that's all gone. He added kind words for Prince William,
calling him wonderful, and for the King himself, saying I

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knew Charles as a prince and I know him as
a king, and he's doing very well. It was a
lovely trip, and I thought the press was really nice.
If King Charles does indeed travel to American next July.
It would be the first official visit by a reigning
British monarch since Queen Elizabeth the Second attended the four
hundredth anniversary of the Jamestown Settlement in two thousand and seven.

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There's been fresh speculation this week about Prince William's attitude
towards royal protocol, particularly in light of an old video
that's found new life on social media. But it was
not just the remarks made by President Trump that drew
attention online observers and once again zeroed in on an
early moment involving the Prince of Wales, this time for
a banquet held during the visit of French President Emanuel

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mccron and his wife Brigitte earlier in the year. In
the resurfaced clip, Prince William appears to sit down at
the dining table directly after King Charles concludes his welcome speech.
Unlike the rest of the room, who remains standing and applauding,
the heir to the throne promptly takes his seat, glancing
around the room as he does so. Traditionally, gentlemen are
expected to wait until the ladies are seated, and certainly

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until the monarch has finished addressing the room. Some viewers
took exception to the moment. One commenter on Reddit remarked,
I'd really love to know what William was thinking here
everyone is standing clapping after Charles is done speaking. It
appears except another question. Why is he seated when everyone
else is standing? However, others found William's conduct refreshingly assertive.

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One user wrote on x the person saying he broke protocol,
he is the protocol more palatin, just a moment. Aunt
Sophie and her husband Edward went to Japan for their
first joint royal visit and made the most of it.
Their highlight sumo wrestling. Of course, the couple were front

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and center at the stadium, binoculars in hand, visibly thrilled
as giant wrestlers crashed into each other with theatrical flare.
When told spectators sometimes threw cushions, Sophie laughed and said
I might restrain myself. One wrestler even flew out of
the ring and into the front row, prompting gasps and giggles.
It brought back memories of Charles and Diana's visit in
nineteen eighty six, though Diana once joked she struggled so

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much with jobsticks finally packed a knife and fork. Elsewhere,
the Edinburgh's dodged a photo op with Hello Kitty, launched
a woman's empowerment initiative, and planted a symbolic oak tree
with matching golden shovels. Though their attempted at perfectly timed
dig ended in laughter, We need more practice Edward in Oslo,

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The Royal Household is none too pleased with the new
Netflix series starring Princess Marta Luise and husband Direk Verat.
The Palace says the couple have violated their twenty twenty
two agreement, which barred them from using her title or
royal status for commercial gain, including in television programs. Guri Vap,

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the Palace's communications chief, told the media this is a
breach of the agreement they have with the Royal Household.
She added everyone should have the right to tell their
own story, but the Royal Household wants a clearer separation
between the couple's activities and the monarchy. Much of the
controversy centers on wedding footage that briefly appeared in early
edits of the documentary. One scene reportedly showed Crown Prince

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Haken chatting with Verret during the wedding celebrations, moments the
Palace had explicitly declared off limits to cameras. Media were
barred from those portions of the event, but somehow Netflix
had access. The footage didn't make it to air. The
Royal family interviewed and the clip was pulled before release.
King Harold had previously voiced concern about the commercial tones

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surrounding the wedding. We don't want the Royal family to
be for sale, he said at the time. Reactions in
Norway have been split. Some of praise to the doumentary
for addressing serious topics like race, mental health on the
strain of life in the public eye. Others see it
as glossy pr move, commercial at its core and reliant
on royal branding in a way that violates the twenty

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