http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/752503/Queen-dead-fake-news-Russian-media-frenzy-Buckingham-Palace
"Russian media sent into frenzy over ‘fake news’ story claiming that the Queen has died"
As the article states, Russian dirty tricks are suspected after the Moscow media ran a frenzy of reports claiming that the official Buckingham Palace website had announced the death of the Queen. The claim and headlines has obviously caused havoc and false awakening for readers, even Buckingham Palace replied "It is totally untrue. It could not have been on this website. Could you please send us a screenshot or any link to this information?" Even the Russian Defence Ministry's TV channel Zvezda reported the claim about the queen's death, reposting the apparently fake screenshot from royal.uk. Another major newspaper - Russia's largest tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda - headlined its story: "The website of the royal family has urgently removed information about the death of Elizabeth II."
The problem of fake news still is at large, and has even gone to extents such as announcing the death of England's current monarch. This issue of fake news is obviously a very big issue that needs to be resolved, however we can obviously too identify a very cynical objective this is heading towards, and this is simply for headline clicks and monetary gain.
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