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by Josh Feldman | 9:20 pm, May 27th, 2017
The White House has added the name of the First Gentleman of Luxembourg to a photo caption after online backlash to his name not being included.
This was the official photo posted to the White House Facebook page earlier today:
The photo was taken at the NATO conference in Brussels, and it included Gauthier Destenay, the spouse of Xavier Bettel, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg. The initial caption read thusly:
<First Lady Melania Trump poses with Belgiums Queen Mathilde, center, and other spouses of NATO leaders: First Lady Emine Erdoğan of Turkey; Icelands Thora Margret Baldvinsdottir; the First Lady of France Brigitte Trogneux; First Lady Melania Trump; Slovenias Mojca Stropnik; Bulgarias Desislava Radeva; Belgiums Amélie Derbaudrenghien, and Norways Ingrid Schulerud, during their visit Thursday, May 25, 2917, at the Royal Palace in Brussels. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)>
But Destenays name is left out of that, and people had some questions why:
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riversedge
(69,716 posts)DonViejo
(60,536 posts)half backed and/or cracked eggs
Beartracks
(12,761 posts)Oh, who am I kidding!
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Beartracks
(12,761 posts)Why is the shortest person in the back? Even on the step, she's still practically invisible.
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suffragette
(12,232 posts)In the first place instead of mentioning Melania twice.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,695 posts)why is Melodrama dressed for a cocktail party while the other women are wearing normal dresses?
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,695 posts)Does he walk around with two scoops of ice cream in lieu of a drink?
Txbluedog
(1,128 posts)He's just the spouse of the Prime Minister. The First Lady of Luxembourg is HRH The Grand Duchess Maria Theresa