Images and videos that appear to show the defence secretary Wes Streeting wearing a skirt at the National Service Of Remembrance at the Cenotaph on Sunday have been altered.
They were shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook and Instagram alongside captions criticising Mr Streeting for dressing this way for “such an important occasion”.
But Mr Streeting did not wear a skirt, or hold a handbag at the event. He was extensively pictured wearing trousers. A similar video taken from the same angle also shows Mr Streeting wearing trousers and without a bag.
Sometimes we fact check things that may seem obviously false to some if not all—we’ve written more about why we do that here. In this case, we saw many people commenting on these posts appearing to think the imagery was genuine.
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