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What's All This About The Queen Being Dead Then?

A practice run turned a little too real at the BBC today...

A BBC journalist has been part of a serious boy who cried wolf situation today, after a tweet was sent from her account claiming the Queen had died.

Ahmen Khawaja swiftly deleted a post that claimed the monarch had been taken to hospital, aswell as a second which stated: “Queen Elizabrth [sic] has died.”

Khawaja has since apologised for the situation she caused, saying it was a "silly prank" which happened after she left her phone unattended at home.

A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace has also released a statement, saying: “I can confirm that the Queen this morning attended her annual medical check-up at the King Edward VII's Hospital."

“This was a pre-scheduled appointment and the Queen has now left the hospital.”

This didn't stop a number of people sending out their condolences on Twitter though, sparking a serious amount of confusion across the globe!

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