{"id":241560,"date":"2026-05-21T15:26:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/uk-radio-station-reports-king-charles-death-promptly-apologizes-whats-going-on-here\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:26:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:26:51","slug":"uk-radio-station-reports-king-charles-death-promptly-apologizes-whats-going-on-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/uk-radio-station-reports-king-charles-death-promptly-apologizes-whats-going-on-here\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Radio Station Reports King Charles&#8217; Death, Promptly Apologizes: What&#8217;s Going On Here?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, a local radio station in Essex, England announced that King Charles had passed away.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/12\/king-charles-cancer-treatment-moving-in-positive-direction-palace-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charles has been battling cancer<\/a>, of course, and he\u2019s 77 years old, so listeners to the live broadcast likely didn\u2019t question what they were hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, the report was erroneous, and two days later, we can confirm that Charles is still very much alive.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2277089563-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"King Charles III takes part in a celebration of Fleadh Cheoil na h\u00c3\u2030ireann, which will be held in the city for the first time in August, at Thompson Dock on May 19, 2026 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. \" class=\"wp-image-555456 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2277089563-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2277089563-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2277089563-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2277089563-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2277089563-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2277089563-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2277089563-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2277089563-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">King Charles III takes part in a celebration of Fleadh Cheoil na h\u00c3\u2030ireann, which will be held in the city for the first time in August, at Thompson Dock on May 19, 2026 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Charles McQuillan\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So what gives? How did this happen?<\/p>\n<p>Well, like so many baffling blunders in 2026, it sounds like AI may have been at the root of this problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to a computer error at our main studio, the Death of a Monarch procedure, which all UK stations hold in readiness while hoping not to require, was accidentally activated on Tuesday afternoon (19 May), mistakenly announcing that HM the King had passed away,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2026\/may\/20\/uk-radio-station-apologises-for-accidentally-announcing-kings-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the station said<\/a> in a statement issued on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRadio Caroline then fell silent as would be required, which alerted us to restore programming and issue an on-air apology,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaroline has been pleased to broadcast Her Majesty the Queen\u2019s, and now the king\u2019s, Christmas message and we hope to do so for many years to come. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYmSVNNF2SY\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>\u201cWe apologise to HM the king and to our listeners for any distress caused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, that\u2019s a pretty big whoopsie. <\/p>\n<p>And while it was clearly an honest mistake, the situation has sparked some interesting conversations about the role of monarchs in the modern world.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/04\/queen-elizabeth-predicted-prince-harry-meghan-markle-split-during-her-final-months-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Queen Elizabeth II would have turned 100<\/a>, and the occasion inspired numerous think pieces about how the world seemed to move on rather quickly following her death.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth reigned for over 70 years and was one of the most beloved figures on earth. Charles became king when he was 73 and does not enjoy so sterling a reputation.<\/p>\n<p>While the news of his death may have been greatly exaggerated, the reaction online served as a reminder of his complex legacy and the weakening cultural power of the royal family in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/05\/uk-radio-station-reports-king-charles-death-promptly-apologizes-whats-going-on-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes Earlier this week, a local radio station in Essex, England announced that King Charles had passed away. Charles has been battling cancer, of course, and he\u2019s 77 years old, so listeners to the live broadcast likely didn\u2019t question what they were hearing. Thankfully, the report was erroneous, and two days later, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-241560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}