2024-03-18 21:14:54
Incredibly macabre propaganda from Russian media! With a cheaply faked death notice from Buckingham Palace, Russian media reported the death of King Charles III on Monday afternoon. announced. “The King died unexpectedly yesterday afternoon,” says the short text on a photo dated March 18, 2024 and assigned to the “Royal Information Service”.
The fake communiqué from the Royal Palace, which Russian media took as the source of the fake report
Photo: private
The Russian news service Mash initially announced on its Telegram page, which has 2.3 million followers: “The British King Charles III. has died, reports Buckingham Palace. Elizabeth II’s son ascended the throne less than a year ago – the coronation took place on May 6, 2023. He was 75 years old.”
Within a few hours, the report spread in Russian-language media. Mainly from Russia, but also from Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia and other countries.
Dozens of Russian-language media outlets reported on the alleged death of King Charles
Photo: private
▶︎ From there, the hoax spread to social media. On Elon Musk’s X news service, which was flooded with Russian propaganda, “King Charles” became the “number 1 trend in Germany” within a few hours with more than 75,000 post mentions.
Shortly afterwards, “RoyalAnnouncement” made it to third place in Germany with 18,000 mentions.
The reason: Numerous fake accounts spread the additional false report of an imminent confirmation from the royal palace in London. Would-be news platforms even claimed to have discovered a flag flown at half-mast – but all of that is untrue.
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Three hours after the original report, Mash said on his platform: “Cancellation, hurry up, the news turned out to be fake. Let us remember that a few months ago he was diagnosed with cancer and had to undergo prostate surgery.”
▶︎ The British Embassy in Kiev also said on “X”: “We would like to inform you that the news of the death of King Charles III. is a fake.”
But at that point it was already too late to correct it. Millions of people had already read the shocking false report of the death of the British king. Buckingham Palace responded in the afternoon and distributed a video showing King Charles III. shown alive at a ceremony in Great Britain.
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It is unclear what motive lies behind the fake news, which interestingly was hardly spread by state media.
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