A Queen Elizabeth death rumor circulated this week after a BBC journalist mistakenly tweeted the news, though he soon corrected the error and apologized for the false alarm.
BBC broadcast journalist Ahmen Khawaja sent a series of tweets saying that the Queen was hospitalized and soon expired. The tweets were soon deleted, however other users on the social network took screenshots, and re-posted them.
After Khawaja corrected the record and explained the whole thing was a "false alarm," the BBC thought it prudent to release a more comprehensive explanation.
"During a technical rehearsal for an obituary, tweets were mistakenly sent from the account of a BBC journalist saying that a member of the Royal Family had been taken ill," the news broadcaster wrote in a statement correcting the record.
"The tweets were swiftly deleted and we apologize for any offense," it added.
A spokesman for Buckingham Palace soon responded to the clamor, noting that not only was the Queen alive and well, but her hospital visit — which was perhaps a coincidence — was for a routine checkup.
"I can confirm that the Queen this morning attended her annual medical check-up at the King Edward VII's Hospital in London. This was a routine, pre-scheduled appointment, the Queen has now left hospital," said the spokesman.
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