Viral video falsely shows Britain’s defence minister wearing a skirt and high heels

A viral video claims British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting attended London’s Remembrance Sunday ceremony wearing a skirt, high heels and makeup. The footage was digitally altered.

Streeting really attended the November 8 ceremony at the Cenotaph, but Reuters photographs and Sky News footage show him wearing a black coat, trousers and regular shoes. Fact-checkers found that someone changed the lower half of the original video and added a handbag.

The edited clip was shared on social media and presented as genuine news footage. The original event was real. The outfit was fake.

https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2026/11/fact-check-fake-images-of-uk-defense-minister-streeting-in-skirt-are-not-real-photos.html

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