Buckingham Palace asks ‘Trump Train’ bus to remove doctored image of the queen from bus

One is not amused: Buckingham Palace demands ‘Trump Train’ bus removes doctored image of the Queen wearing a MAGA hat and QAnon brooch

  • A Palace spokesperson confirmed that ‘representations asking for (the photo’s) removal have been made’ Buzzfeed News reported 
  • The luxury tour bus is owned by a Trump supporter named Buddy Hall and serves as an ‘unofficial campaign tour bus,’ supporting the reelection of Trump 
  • The doctored picture of the Queen has been on the bus for more than a year, but was not widely noticed until last week 
  • The appeared at Republican representatives Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘America First’ rally in Florida

Buckingham Palace has requested that a doctored image of Queen Elizabeth wearing a MAGA hat and QAnon brooch be removed from the ‘Trump Train’ bus. 

A Palace spokesperson confirmed that ‘representations asking for (the photo’s) removal have been made’ Buzzfeed News reported.  

The ‘Trump Train’ bus is adorned with multiple doctored images, including former president Trump‘s head on a boxer’s body with abs, former president Ronald Reagan wearing a red TRUMP hat and the Queen wearing a MAGA hat and a QAnon brooch.

The tour bus is owned by a Trump supporter named Buddy Hall and serves as ‘the unofficial campaign tour bus to support the 2020 reelection of President Trump,’ Hall said in a GoFundMe raising money for the bus upkeep, including gas and repairs. It still is driving around post-election.

The doctored picture of the Queen has been on the bus for more than a year, but was not widely noticed until the bus’s appearance at last week’s ‘America First’ rally, Buzzfeed News reported. 

The original image – the one before it had been doctored – of the Queen was taken by Getty Images photographer Christopher Furlong on April 1, 2011, in Anglesey, Wales, Buzzfeed News reported.

Buckingham Palace has requested a doctored image of Queen Elizabeth II (pictured) wearing a MAGA hat and QAnon brooch be removed from the ‘Trump Train’ bus

The 'Trump Train' bus (pictured) is adorned with multiple photoshopped images, including former president Trump's head on a boxer's body with abs, former president Ronald Reagan wearing a red TRUMP hat and the Queen wearing a MAGA hat

The ‘Trump Train’ bus (pictured) is adorned with multiple photoshopped images, including former president Trump’s head on a boxer’s body with abs, former president Ronald Reagan wearing a red TRUMP hat and the Queen wearing a MAGA hat

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (pictured left) poses  with 'Trump Train' bus owner Buddy Hall (pictured right)

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (pictured left) poses  with ‘Trump Train’ bus owner Buddy Hall (pictured right)

Buckingham Palace is not the only camp reaching out to Hall. Popular website hosting service GoDaddy has also asked that their logo be removed from the bus.

‘GoDaddy doesn’t sponsor the bus and we don’t have any advertising relationships with the bus/owner whatsoever,’ GoDaddy spokesman Dan Race told the Huffington Post. ‘They don’t have permission to use our brand on the bus and we’ve asked them to remove.’

Hall says he did not mean to suggest GoDaddy was a sponsor. 

‘They built us a nice website. I just wanted to show my appreciation,’ he told the Huffington Post in a statement. 

The bus was most recently spotted at Republican representatives Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene ‘America First’ rally in Florida.

Hall posted a video on Facebook during the Florida stop of tour where he talked about future plans for the bus

‘We’re on the Trump 2024 revenge tour,’ he said.  

Original image of Queen Elizabeth II from 2011

Doctored image of Queen Elizabeth II that appears on the 'Trump Train' bus

The ‘Trump Train’ bus has a  doctored image of Queen Elizabeth II in which she wears a MAGA hat and a QAnon brooch

A Palace spokesperson confirmed that 'representations asking for (the photo's)removal have been made' Buzzfeed News reported

A Palace spokesperson confirmed that ‘representations asking for (the photo’s)removal have been made’ Buzzfeed News reported

He said the bus recently underwent a makeover, with the year in ‘Trump Pence 2020’ being replaced with ‘2024,’ suggesting a presidential run in the upcoming election and ‘Ready for Round 2’ being replaced with ‘Ready for Round 3,’ referring to a third presidential campaign in 2024 for Trump, who has not confirmed plans to run for president again.  

Hall also said he is planning on replacing Vice President Mike Pence on bus. 

‘We were going to put Pence under the bus, but he don’t even qualify to be there,’ Hall said. 

A spokesperson for Greene told BuzzFeed News that they were not affiliated with the bus but did not see any problem with the fact that the Queen’s image was being used. ‘You do know what a meme is right? Isn’t that what Buzzfeed is all about?’

‘We’re sure Her Majesty has greater concerns than motor vehicle traffic in [the retirement community where the rally was held] The Villages — Florida,’ Harlan Hill, a spokesperson for Gaetz, told Buzzfeed News.