A university student newspaper has come under fire for a "disgraceful" photoshopped image of the Queen.
The University of Sydney's student paper this week displayed an image of what appeared to be Her Majesty laying in a morgue with her mourning son Charles at her side.
Titled "Honi Soit", the paper printed the image on the front cover below the headline "Queen dead, Charles next".
An article to accompany the image described the Queen's death as "slow, gruesome, lonely and painful" .
It went on the joke King Charles III had seen Her Majesty's body, adding "where he said she smelt even better in death than in life".
Before publication, the student elected publication had shared a number of tweets in the hours after news broke of the Queen's passing.
In one they wrote: "If only someone has asked Liz, R U OK?" - in apparent reference to R U OK? Day in Australia which aims to raise awareness around suicide and suicide prevention.
In another now-deleted tweet, they posted a photo of the scene of Princess Diana's fatal car crash with the caption: "That's 1-1 folks #diana strikes back", as reported by Sky News.
The University of Sydney Conservative Club President Cooper Gannon described the image and their handling of the news as "disgraceful".
Gannon said the image and the words used in the article were also a disgrace to not only the British monarchy, but to anyone who has lost a family member.
He said: "We don't believe in double standards and this is very clearly the left weaponising what would be a sombre occasion for their own political damage.
"If we were to publish an article replicating a photoshopped image, no doubt we would face enormous backlash because it's a lack of basic standard for human dignity.
"At the end of the day it's not appropriate less than a week after her death."
He told SkyNews.com.au: "The post unquestionably ridiculed R U OK Day. Mocking a person's death is already crossing the line; to do the same for mental health is vile.
"Honi Soit receives thousands of dollars in funding from students through their compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee ( SSAF ) fee, paid by us each and every semester.
"I feel betrayed by the very publication which I am forced to fund."
In a comment to Sky News, the publication said: "While we have received criticism from a single club on campus and some parts of the media, the reception to our cover has been broadly positive," they said.
"We do not think we should have acted with more sensitivity."
The Mirror has contacted Honi Soit for a comment.
