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King Charles died on March 17th

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King Charles 3 is alive. "On Monday, Russian state media and some social media accounts cited unknown sources in their stories claiming that King Charles had died. The false claims spread to the media inUkraine and Tajikistan.

Broader speculation and misinformation about the royal family is swirling, with conspiracy theories spreading about Kate Middleton’s health, whereabouts, and marriage to Prince William after the Princess of Wales retreated from the public eye after a “planned abdominal surgery” in January. A short video shared by tabloids TMZ and The Sun on Monday showed Kate leaving a farm shop in Windsor alongside William. Kensington Palace has not commented on the video." head over to https://time.com/6958418/king-charles-iii-appearance-korean-war-event/

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by Newbie (200 points)
This is a fake claim. This is coming from a Tik Tok and has no real evidence to back it up.
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by Newbie (200 points)
This is false. If you search google for King Charles Dead, no credible news source has reported it and the Guardian acknowledged that it is false. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/18/false-king-charles-death-story-spread-by-russian-media-outlets
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by Novice (500 points)
The claim that King Charles is dead is not true. The TikTok was posted on March 18th, 2024, and I found an OPB article posted on March 31st, 2024, that talked about his most recent public appearance. He was seen at St. George's Chapel by a crowd of supports and reporters.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/king-charles-makes-most-significant-public-appearance-since-his-cancer-diagnosis
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by (160 points)

My name is Lucy I am at current college student. This is false after doing a bit of research i found this article. 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/18/false-king-charles-death-story-spread-by-russian-media-outlets

The headline reads, 

False King Charles death story spread by Russian media outlets

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by Newbie (200 points)
This claim is false. King Charles is alive, according to multiple credible sources including The Guardian and Time Magazine. The claim was originally spread by a Russian news outlet. King Charles has been seen since this claim was made proving that it is false.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/18/false-king-charles-death-story-spread-by-russian-media-outlets

https://time.com/6958418/king-charles-iii-appearance-korean-war-event/
False
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by Newbie (200 points)

This claim is false. Russian media outlets circulated this fake announcement of King Charles's death. The British embassy in Ukraine quickly denied these claims in a tweet. The palace eventually told the Russian news agency that it was “pleased to confirm that the King continues to [fulfill] his work duties and attend to private affairs.” 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-rumors-of-king-charles-iiis-death-denied-by-buckingham-palace#:~:text=The%20false%20alarm%20that%20the,that%20they%20were%20%E2%80%9Cfake.%E2%80%9D

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by Newbie (200 points)
False
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by Newbie (210 points)
This is false. The Guardian and Newsweek addressed these false claims. In both of their headlines, note that this was spread by Russian Media. The British government has not released anything confirming his death.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/18/false-king-charles-death-story-spread-by-russian-media-outlets

https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-rumor-king-charles-iii-dead-spread-russians-1880409
False
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by (150 points)
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