Terrible day BBC journalist wrongly declared Queen was dead and sparked Twitter meltdown

dailystar.co.uk:

BBC was once forced to apologise for sparking an online storm on Twitter that the Queen had died. Rogue tweets were sent out during a corporation dress rehearsal for reporting the death of the Monarch back in 2015.One tweet stated: “Queen Elizabrth [sic] has died.”Buckingham Palace was even forced to issue a statement to reassure the public that the Queen was alive and in good health.The shocking incident occurred during a dress rehearsal for broadcasting the Queen's obituary which BBC bosses had allegedly asked staff to keep off social media.

A tweet from the account of Ahmen Khawaja, a BBC broadcast journalist, was sent out saying: "BREAKING: Queen Elizabeth is being treated at King Edward 7th Hospital in London.

Statement due shortly: @BBCWorld."It was then followed by the tweet wrongly stating that Her Majesty was dead.And then just minutes later, she tweeted: "False alarm to Queen’s death!

She is being treated at King Edward 7th Hospital."In an unfortunate coincidence, the Queen did actually attend a routine annual appointment at the hospital that morning.A Palace spokesman said:"I can confirm that the Queen this morning attended her annual medical check-up at the King Edward VII’s Hospital in London."This was a routine, pre-scheduled appointment, the Queen has now left hospital."Ms Khawaja then tried to cover her mistake by suggesting that her phone had been hacked.The tweet read: "phone left unattended at home.