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Featured on Snopes today: The backstory of a video that some say shows Prince Charles refusing to shake the U.S. vice president's hand, the truth about Elizabeth Warren's Harvard paychecks, and more!

by Snopes Staff, Dec. 30, 2016



Everybody’s sharing a viral video of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence seemingly being bypassed in a public greeting line by Prince Charles — who did not, in fact, reach out to shake the veep’s hand. The most common take on social media is something along the lines of “Watch Prince Charles snub Mike Pence!”

Is it accurate to say Pence was “snubbed” or “shunned” by the prince? Snopes.com’s Dan MacGuill pored over video footage of the event and filed a report.

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