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:
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:
At last, Keir Starmer has bowed to the inevitable. Having first adopted a posture of defiance, then conciliation, the Prime Minister has tonight admitted capitulation on the great welfare revolt. The Guardian reports that the ringleaders of the 126 rebels who signed a wrecking amendment to the Welfare Bill are now claiming ‘massive concessions.’ It follows a
Khawaja has now deleted her tweets:
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