Social media is a hell of a drug, and the latest spiral the collective internet has gone down is that King Charles, who is currently undergoing treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer, had died. The rumors were so rampant that a Russian state-run news organization today shared an announcement that he had succumbed to the disease, forcing Buckingham Palace to share in a statement that it was “happy to confirm that The King is continuing with official and private business.” He’s alive!
“The Russian media outlet’s original report replicated correspondence from the Palace, even including the monarch’s official seal,” Us Weekly reports. The fake statement from the Russian media outlet read “The following announcement is made by royal communications. The King passed away unexpectedly yesterday afternoon.”
