Reports of Queen Elizabth’s death are fake

London: The news of Queen Elizabeth’s death was circulated online after local media said the Buckingham Palace would make an announcement regarding her health.

BBC journalist Yalda Hakim apologized for tweeting about the Queen’s death.

I tweeted that there had been an announcement about the death of the Queen. This was incorrect, there has been no announcement, and so I have deleted the tweet. I apologise.

— Yalda Hakim (@BBCYaldaHakim) September 8, 2022

The fake news was spread on Twitter with the names of reputable media organization including BBC.

Multiple Twitter accounts used photoshopped social media shares of BBC to make the news look like authentic.