{"id":245,"date":"2026-05-22T06:36:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T06:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=245"},"modified":"2026-05-22T06:36:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T06:36:31","slug":"british-radio-station-apologizes-for-airing-fake-news-that-king-charles-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=245","title":{"rendered":"British radio station apologizes for airing fake news that King Charles died"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>A British radio station said it was sorry for accidentally announcing that King Charles III died.<\/p>\n<p>The king is alive at age 77.<\/p>\n<p>AM station Radio Caroline said on Facebook that a computer error on Tuesday led to the activation of the \u201cdeath of the monarch\u201d protocol that all British stations have prepared.<\/p>\n<p>Following the erroneous announcement, the station, founded in 1964 as an offshore \u201cpirate\u201d station to try and circumvent the BBC broadcasting monopoly at the time, had the mandated moment of silence, which then prompted the station to return to its scheduled programming and to apologize on-air.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaroline has been pleased to broadcast Her Majesty the Queen\u2019s, and now the King\u2019s, Christmas Message and we hope to do so for many years to come. We apologise to [His Majesty] the King and to our listeners for any distress caused,\u201d Radio Caroline station manager Peter Moore said in the post.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the accidental announcement of his death, the king was in Northern Ireland with Queen Camilla. He disclosed in 2024 that he was diagnosed with cancer, for which he\u2019s still getting treatment, according to Scripps News.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=239\">Trump-Xi meeting changed nothing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A British radio station said it was sorry for accidentally announcing that King Charles III died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,62],"tags":[206,205,207],"class_list":["post-245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","tag-king-charles-iii","tag-northern-ireland","tag-radio-caroline"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>British radio station apologizes for airing fake news that King Charles died - 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