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Queen Elizabeth II Dead Rumor Spread by Hollywood Unlocked Sparks Ridicule

Queen Elizabeth II was at the center of a viral simulated news outcry after a gossip website with 2.8 million Instagram followers proclaimed her expiry.

Hollywood Unlocked published a news story saying the 95-year-one-time Monarch, who has COVID-nineteen, had been constitute expressionless presently before she was expected at British Vogue editor Edward Enninful's wedding.

The claim was published late in the evening U.1000. time on Feb 22, allowing it to go viral in America while much of Britain was asleep.

However, several aspects of the coverage were chop-chop debunked, most significantly the suggestion she was planning to attend Enninful's celebrity hymeneals at the Longleat estate in Wiltshire.

The queen is not known for dropping by the hymeneals of the rich and famous, in fact she did not attend her ain son Prince Charles' legal ceremony at Windsor Guildhall in 2005 due to a personal policy that she only attends religious weddings.

Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, had been denied a church wedding under now onetime-fashioned Church of England rules relating to the helpmate's status every bit a divorcee with a living ex-husband—and so the queen attended a blessing for the couple later in the solar day.

Regal commentator Marlene Koenig wrote on Twitter: "I hate to pause the news to you lot simply that's not how it works in announcing the death of a sovereign. I suggest you get new sources. She would also not be going to the vogue editor's wedding ceremony, she doesn't know him, she just goes to family unit weddings."

Buckingham Palace do not comment on internet rumors of this kind and would non be fatigued when contacted past Newsweek, but it was business concern equally usual at Kensington Palace on Midweek morning time.

Prince William and Kate Middleton'southward official Twitter account posted details of the Duchess of Cambridge'southward solo tour of Kingdom of denmark.

Yesterday was all nearly agreement the very earliest stages of a child's development here in Kingdom of denmark 🇩🇰.

Today nosotros movement on to learn most the next stage of their life, focusing on children'south mental health and wellbeing.

— The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (@KensingtonRoyal) February 23, 2022

The queen is experiencing mild, cold-like symptoms afterward testing positive for coronavirus on Sunday and canceled scheduled video meetings for the day.

All the same, she was well enough to continue light duties but hours before Hollywood Unlocked's story, meaning the pass up in her wellness would have been sudden were the story truthful.

The linguistic communication used in the article was also decidedly unroyal, including references to the "regal kingdom," a phrase that does not appear anywhere on the royal family'due south website and is not in common parlance.

Hollywood Unlocked also described Elizabeth as having been "found dead," phrasing more at home in a police press release than communications from the palace.

We don't post lies and I always stand past my sources. Waiting for an official argument from the palace.
— Jason Lee (@theonlyjasonlee) February 22, 2022

However, Jason Lee, founder of Hollywood Unlocked, stood by his coverage on Twitter: "We don't post lies and I always stand past my sources. Waiting for an official statement from the palace."

The report was mocked by many, with comedian James Jefferson commenting on Instagram: "The Royal Family: 'Damn the Queen died, hit up Jason real quick!' [face with tears emoji]"

It too drew criticism from more serious quarters with Dayo Okewale, a chief of staff within the House of Lords, writing: "Hollywood unlocked posting the Queen is dead???? There is no credible source that verifies this. #Simulated."