Report by BBC journalist that the Queen is in hospital just a ‘silly prank’

Given that the Queen looked in such good health last week during her speech, Mr S was surprised to hear ‘breaking’ news that she was being treated in hospital this morning. The BBC journalist Ahmen Khawaja took to Twitter to tell her followers exactly that. However, Buckingham Palace has since confirmed that the Queen was in hospital, but just for her ‘annual medical check-up’. Khawaja has now deleted her tweets:

https://twitter.com/AhmenKhawaja/status/606020611907973120

Yet now – after several users criticised her – she has changed her story and claimed her phone was used by someone else as a prank:

https://twitter.com/AhmenKhawaja/status/606022870939140096

All very curious indeed. Mr S is just pleased to hear the Queen is ok, despite the BBC’s best efforts. Update: The BBC have now offered their own explanation, which seems to be at odds with the one given by Khawaja. They say the error occurred as they were rehearsing what they should do if the Queen were to die:

READ: BBC statement on journalist's erroneous tweets: pic.twitter.com/a0kJxfp68r

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