The UK Sun mistakenly reports Prince Philip is dead

The Sun newspaper mistakenly published a story reporting The Duke of Edinburgh had died ahead of an emergency meeting called by Buckingham Palace.

The Sun posted a story with the headline: ‘Prince Philip dead at 95, how did the Duke of Edinburgh die, etc etc.’

An obituary paying tribute was put online before Buckingham Palace announced The Duke of Edinburgh, who is 95, will no longer carry out public engagements from the autumn of this year.

The Sun story read: ‘Prince Philip, otherwise known as the Duke of Edinburgh, was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.

‘He was married to Queen Elizabeth II. The pair had four children together – Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.’

Royal sources had said there was ‘no cause for alarm’ about the couple’s health ahead of the meeting.

While the story was swiftly removed from the website, it continued to appear in Google searches.

French media also mistakenly published stories incorrectly announcing Prince Philip had died…

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