Since alleged evidence that an ‘actress’ allegedly attended Prince Philip’s British funeral in place of Queen Elizabeth herself, social media users offer a comparison of two images that appear to have the color of her eyes do not match. But the seemingly darker eyes shown on the funeral photo were probably caused by the lighting of where the photo was taken and an image.
“Queen v not the queen world is one big stage,” reads a Facebook post with the claim here. Comments include: ‘Looked like a double stunt. Mask made it easy ”and“ It’s not the real queen, it’s an actress. ”
The first image in the meme (left) can be seen here on Reuters’ photos and captures the Queen in February 2020 on a visit to the headquarters of the UK Home Office, MI5.
The second image (right) is a version of the photo that is very cropped and of low quality, in which Queen Elizabeth is seen from a wider distance and will sit on 17 April 2021 after the funeral of Prince Philip.
Although the photo looks slightly darker, it probably looks due to lighting. A photo of her arriving at the ceremony, taking a closer look at her, shows her blue eyes (here).
A video of the queen during the funeral can be seen here.
This effect can also be seen in photos of other participants in the St. George’s Chapel, like the British Prince Harry and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, in which it apparently also has darker eyes (here, here, see comparison of images taken) different settings here and here).
Reuters has previously uncovered similar lies on social media about alleged ‘actors’ or ‘body doubling’ of prominent figures, such as US President Joe Biden, Anthony Fauci and Bill Gates here, here, here, here.
VERDICT
Untrue. Queen Elizabeth attended Prince Philip’s funeral.
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