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2023-07-25 03:34:33 UTC - HELPFUL
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Image does not show Queen Elizabeth II bowing to Haile Selassie I, but a diplomat's wife curtsying during the presentation of an ambassador at Selassie's palace in 1955. Empress Menen Asfaw died in 1962. British Royal family did not visit Ethiopia until 1965. https://hoaxeye.com/2019/03/31/haile-selassie-and-queen-elizabeth-ii/ https://factcheck.afp.com/british-monarchs-first-visit-ethiopia-came-10-years-after-photo-was-taken https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-queen-elizabeth-not-bowing-ethiopia-179342106838 https://youtu.be/w4Qnm4g0_o0
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