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A video is making the rounds on social media claiming to show the King of Denmark waving a Palestinian flag from a balcony in Copenhagen. In other, unrelated posts, users are suggesting that the King of Spain has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. Neither claim is true. A post on X claims that: “The King of Denmark, King Frederik X, waves the Palestinian flag from a balcony as he greets hundreds of protesters demonstrating in Copenhagen, in solidarity with the people of Palestine.” As of the time of this fact-check, it’s been seen over 400,000 times and shared and liked almost 6,00…