Prince George Leaves Justin Trudeau Hanging, Shakes UK-Canada Relations To Their Very Core

Three-year-old Prince George has asserted his dominance over the nation of Canada by shutting down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s awkward attempt at a high-five. The encounter took place on the tarmac at Victoria Airport in British Columbia, where the wee Windsor had just arrived alongside his parents the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. But the third in line to the throne was having none of Trudeau’s shenanigans, rebuffing the attempt along with a subsequent would-be handshake. In short: it was brutal.

wow prince george is cold as ice pic.twitter.com/9x0eu6FXYZ

— David Mack (@davidmackau) September 25, 2016

In the wake of this breaking diplomatic incident, the internet has been divided into a number camps. Some condemned the royal for the seemingly intentional snub:

I'm beginning to think Prince George is more about flashy media stunts than actual policy. pic.twitter.com/0EmN38K2z3

— Ivor Tossell (@ivortossell) September 26, 2016

Prince George! You’ve let us all down. That man is a dreamboat and deserves to be treated as such. You give him ANY type of 5 he asks for. https://t.co/0JdWQ3xrcq

— BANNERS (@BANNERSMUSIC) September 26, 2016

While others applauded Prince George for displaying the proper amount of British decorum:

Bravo Prince George reacting with exactly the same sort of horror of every British person offered a High-five. https://t.co/RX7W8J5ZmJ

— tom jamieson (@jamiesont) September 26, 2016

I want Prince George to meet and subsequently shun every world leader https://t.co/SVLODWSRVB

— Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) September 26, 2016

Mostly though, people just reacted like this:

If science ever figures out a way to get impregnated by a GIF, I choose this one of Justin Trudeau getting snubbed by Prince George. pic.twitter.com/QkFwQeGhEN

— Michelle Collins (@michcoll) September 25, 2016