Cher brands Queen Elizabeth a ‘cow’ in awkward memorial blunder after her death

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Cher has labelled the late Queen Elizabeth II a “cow” in a blunder that has left fans reeling.The 76-year-old pop icon reacted to the death of Her Majesty yesterday (September 8) at the age of 96, with the palace releasing a statement confirming she passed away “peacefully” at Balmoral.But Cher messed up, using a cow emoji in reference to the monarch.READ MORE:Cher makes cheeky quip as fan hails Dua Lipa the 'Cher of our generation'It appears she meant to label the Queen a GOAT – meaning Greatest of All Time – but slipped up when it came to identifying the correct farm animal emoji.The Believe songstress penned: “Am sad about the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.“I had honour of meeting her.

I was in long line of [people] waiting 2 meet her, yet when she got 2 me, she asked pertinent questions, & seemed genuinely interested in talking 2 me.”She concluded: “I’m proud she was a [cow emoji] & happy she had a great sense of humour.”The Queen would definitely need that famous sense of humour in the face of Cher’s epic blunder, which had fans on Twitter rushing to cover her.One sleuth penned: “I first read it as cow and thought to myself I know Cher is not calling the Queen a cow.You can leave your tributes to Queen Elizabeth II here.“So I thought about it for a second and realised it was the astrological sign Taurus.

Taurus queens!”Another baffled fan said: “Cher what is that cow emoji doing there?!”More still confused the emoji for a bull and, baffled, asked the queen of pop what she intended by including it in her tribute.Others chimed in to share their own grief at the passing of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, with one writing: “It is so sad.