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The fake news The most widespread around the death of Elizabeth II range from suffering from Covid-19 to the change of color of the BBC accounts.
Charles III assumed the position of King of the United Kingdom today, in contrast to Elizabeth who did not acquire that title until a year after the death of her predecessor.
After 70 years in power and being considered the longest-serving Queen, the new monarch is also the oldest King to take office.
After having served 70 years as monarch of United Kingdom, Elizabeth II died at the age of 96leaving many doubts about the main cause of his death, especially being a victim of fake newswhich were shared by media around the world.
The queen, who was being treated at Balmoral Castle, passed away on the morning of Thursday, September 8. This was reported by Buckingham Palace and the official website of the Royal family. However, after this announcement, different media began to spread different notes about his death, many of them framed in the impetus of the news, which probably did not verify their source prior to said publications. That is why some users and international media took it upon themselves to deny some of these facts.
They reveal what are the fake news most widespread around the death of Elizabeth II
Among the first things said even before the death of Queen Elizabeth II, was that the BBC corporate, the medium known for being the one that gives the greatest coverage to the English Crown, had changed the color of its page, from red to black. Even some images were spread on the note, however, when entering the domain of the site, it was possible to know that this was not true and, even today, the page maintains its characteristic red style.
This was the image that circulated on social networks about the BBC. Later it was confirmed that this design was already prior to the death of the Queen:
In addition to this, another note that gave a lot to talk about and that even today it is not known if it is real, is about the supposed prohibition of the new King Charles III towards Prince Harry, around the appearance of Meghan of Sussex. According to what is said, the heir to the throne would have insisted that the Duchess of Sussex would not be allowed to enter Balmoral to know the state of the Queen’s health before her death, nor would she be allowed to have a place with the Royal Family. at the Queen’s funeral.
Among other things, several users who pretended to be the media also confirmed the death of the Queen minutes or even hours before it really happened, a fact that from the beginning began to confuse users and set off alarms.
Among what was said and which of course has not been confirmed, was that the sufferings of the Covid-19after having greatly affected the health of the Queen isabel IIand images were even shared out of context with the aim of pointing out that “a long time ago” Elizabeth II was delicate.
According to direct information from Buckingham Palacein March 2020, when Boris Johnson announced the confinement for the United Kingdom, it was confirmed that both the new King Charles and Boris had tested positive, however, there was no official confirmation of the Queen and it is believed that she was not really infected at that time.
However, in February 2022, his contagion became official. However, despite the fact that in general fake news for this year around the Covid-19 they are becoming less frequent, some accounts tried to alarm the communities on social networks, assuring that the monarch was being treated with ivermectin, a drug that has never been approved to treat the disease. This happened after an Australian television program claimed that there was a box of medicine containing ivermectin. Nevertheless, an investigation by Newtral.es confirmed that the news was also false.
These have been some of the fake news most widespread around the death of Isabel II and the appointment of Carlos III, according to what some of the most important local and international media in the world assure.
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