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King Charles III: "It is now known that the screenshot was wrong and the king is alive"

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Another fuss about the British royal family: The facsimile of an alleged communication from Buckingham Palace was intended to prove what the Russian media announced on Monday afternoon, especially on Telegram: the death of King Charles III;

alone: ​​the monarch lives.

But the Russian media, which specializes in sensational reporting, did not initially appear to have made any effort to check the facts.

The false news of his death spread, among other things, on a Telegram channel of the business newspaper “Vedomosti”.

Underneath a photo of Charles in military uniform, the brief caption read: “The British King Charles III.

has died."

False death report reaches Tajikistan

News of the king's death also found its way to Ukraine, where it was picked up by a leading television channel.

And Tajikistan's largest independent media company, Asia-Plus, fell for the false news of his death, as the Guardian reports.

Great Britain has now officially rejected the reports.

»We would like to inform you that the news of the death of King Charles III.

are wrong," said the British Embassy in Ukraine on Monday on the X platform (formerly Twitter).

The British mission in Russia also announced on X that the report about the monarch's death was false.

Last but not least, Russian media also had to acknowledge the untruth of the previously disseminated death news: “It is now known that the screenshot was false and the king is alive,” wrote the Mash channel.

The British royal family is currently constantly confronted with rumors and conspiracy theories.

Charles is being treated for cancer, but continues to run state affairs and has already been photographed doing so.

His daughter-in-law Princess Kate is recovering from an operation and is not expected to attend public appointments again until after Easter.

After her hospital stay, Kate was photographed in a car next to her mother Carole Middleton.

The tabloid “Sun” published video footage on Monday evening that allegedly showed her shopping with her husband, heir to the throne Prince William.

Kensington Palace itself published a photo of Kate and her children about a week ago, but it came under criticism for image editing.

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