An Australian journalist made an absolute howler on Monday as he mistook Liz Truss for a ‘minor royal' 😬
The UK Prime Minister was misidentified
One Twitter user said: ‘Peter Overton and Tracy Grimshaw having no idea who Liz Truss – the new British Prime Minister – is during the live coverage of the Queen’s funeral was so awks.’And a third viewer wrote: ‘Happened to be passing by the living room in my house where my family are watching the Queen’s funeral. Tracy Grimshaw: “And we’re not sure who this is who has arrived. Unfortunately we can’t identify everyone, they look like local dignitaries.” It was Liz Truss. I howled.
It didn’t take long for Overton to correct his mistake, although by that point people were already poking fun at the error. ‘I’m told that was Liz Truss the new Prime Minister in the distance, she could see hopping out of the car. Thank you very much for that information,’ he said, before telling co-stars Karl Stefanovic, Ally Langdon and UK royal expert Dickie Arbiter that their British guest might be more help.
He added: ‘Karl and Ally, and Dickie, Dickie particularly, you’ll be spotting these faces and recognising them better than us, I think.’
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