Interesting! 'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling compares crowd at the royal wedding to Donald Trump's presidential inauguration
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are married. To witness the royal weddimg, thousands of people came to Windsor Castle, so many people lined the road to catch a glimpse of the newly married couple. The "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling decided to compare the wedding attendance to that of America's 2017 presidential inauguration.
She trolled US President Donald Trump on Twitter, she took a photo of Windsor wedding crowd and placed it beside a photo of the crowd at Donald Trump's inauguration in Washington, D.C.
She tweeted the image and wrote, "Love > Hate."
Love > Hate pic.twitter.com/iDzjmJ9qSt
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 19, 2018
After her tweet, BBC Three mimicked the novelist and tweeted the same comparison photo of the royal wedding crowd and Trump's inauguration and said, "Just saying :)"
Her tweet has gained more than 40,000 likes and 8,000 retweets while the BBC Three tweet has gained more than 90,000 likes and 34,000 retweets.
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just saying ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/1zoOGFKeU3
— BBC Three (@bbcthree) May 19, 2018
In December, J.K. Rowling was made a Companion of Honor by Prince William at Buckingham Palace for her contributions to literature and philanthropy.
According to Trump, he had the “largest audience to ever witness an inauguration,” according to The Washington Post at the time.
Sorry, all, for Trump. We don’t like him here across the pond. Overwhelmingly we don’t. It may appear that we do and it appears that we elected him, my friends.
— _hollowmen_ band 🌑 (@deaf_robot) May 19, 2018
But we don’t. And we didn’t. Sincerest apologies.
— The American Majority 🇺🇸
Thank you for saying this as I'm one of the American Majority. And thank you, U.K. citizens, for not abandoning us!🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸
— Lisa Blycker (@LisaBlycker) May 19, 2018
Search photos for Trump Inauguration. These are not blog photos, but photos from major news outlets.
— Kelly (@kell0618) May 19, 2018
Stick to writing. pic.twitter.com/jRtK6ObJCy
— Kelly (@kell0618) May 19, 2018
He was so much overwhelmed with the size of his inauguration crowd led him to contact the director of the National Park Service to produce photo proof that could back up his claims.
According to the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, the royal wedding had a crowd of over 100,000 people to witness Harry and Meghan on their royal p
Over 100,000 people visited #Windsor today. Please come back and visit us again soon https://t.co/SvYmipzSAH pic.twitter.com/SEiCf0dNtz
— RBWM (@RBWM) May 19, 2018
Trump’s inauguration was attended between 300,000 to 600,000 people, according to Vox at the time.
First published: 20 May 2018, 13:52 IST