A BBC spokesperson said Monday it would "respond directly in due course" after the president sent a letter threatening to seek $1 billion in damages from Britain's public broadcaster.

BBC chairman Samir Shah has revealed more than 500 complaints have been lodged in response to an editing row involving US President Donald Trump as he apologised for an 'error of judgment'.

The 79-year-old president was loudly booed when he appeared on the Jumbotron in a corporate box at the Northwest Stadium in Maryland for the Washington Commanders and Detroit Lions game on Sunday.

The British public service broadcaster apologized on Monday for a misleadingly edited documentary about President Trump.

Donald Trump has threatened legal action against the BBC over a Panorama documentary which edited one of his speeches.

“The country may be politically divided, but the criticism we got from viewers was bipartisan,” Cecilia Vega said on Sunday.