Claiming that former President donald trump was knighted Queen Elizabeth the second has been privately rated as wrong, according to a report from Associated Press.

What happened: Soon after Death of the British monarch on September 8, surfacing claims circulated on social media that Trump was knighted by the Queen.

The AP cited a particular tweet, which in turn included an alleged screenshot from Truth Social claiming the knighthood.

The post from Trump’s social media platform reportedly read, “I haven’t told anyone but she knighted me privately.”

Screenshot of Twitter user Braxton’s profile

Another social media outlet traced the claim to the knighthood to a report from MSNBC.

Screenshot of a Twitter profile attributing the knighthood to MSNBC

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Why it matters: The claims are false, the AP said, citing Trump’s Truth Social profile, the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine and MSNBC’s website.

Trump spokesman Liz Harington said, “It’s not real,” according to the AP.

Former President described the Queen after her death last week at the age of 96 as an “extraordinary” and “great” woman.

While Trump has not been knighted by Britain’s longest-reigning head of state, former President Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush received a Knight of Honour.

According to the United States Constitution, “No person exercising any office of profit or trust among himself shall, without the consent of Congress, accept gifts, emoluments, offices, or titles of any kind from any king, prince, or foreign state.”

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This post was originally published on September 12, 2022.