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BBC causes Twitter scare about Queen Elizabeth

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth smiles as she leaves after visiting Myerscough College in Lancaster, England, May 29, 2015. REUTERS
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth smiles as she leaves after visiting Myerscough College in Lancaster, England, May 29, 2015. REUTERS
Buckingham Palace has taken the unusual step of confirming that Queen Elizabeth II went to a hospital for her annual medical checkup after social media comments touched off speculation on her health.

The palace said in a statement Wednesday that the 89-year-old monarch attended her annual medical checkup at King Edward VII Hospital in London, and left after the routine exam.

Speculation started after a tweet posted on a BBC journalist’s account said the queen was being “treated” at the hospital.

The BBC later apologized, saying the mistake occurred during an exercise it described as a “technical rehearsal for an obituary.”

The BBC said “the tweets were swiftly deleted and we apologize for any offense.”

The tweet came from broadcast journalist Ahmen Khawaja, who quickly removed the message and posted a new one apologizing for the “false alarm,” and suggesting someone else might have done it using her phone.
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3 responses to “BBC causes Twitter scare about Queen Elizabeth”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Anything is plausible when someone gets to 90 …. But why would it be a ‘Scare’??

    “Report of my death was an exaggeration” … Mark Twain.
    http://www.twainquotes.com/Death.html

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    Austrian
    licensed brothel “Easter” in Salzburg announced the so-called “summer
    campaign”. Institution intends to eight weeks free of charge and
    without restriction to provide clients with alcohol and prostitutes – in
    protest against the extremely high taxes, which amounted to 5 million
    euros .

    Owner
    Herman Muller, the king of the local “red light
    district”, says that working women will pay from his
    own pocket. He was tired of giving all the income to the state, and he does not want to be “pimp of Tax Service.”

    The
    article says that after the announcement of this action brothel flooded
    hundreds of clients, which the employee is unable to serve – and it was
    an excellent advertisement for institution. In addition, Mueller “punished” the tax administration, which
    openly robbing licensed brothels and leave impunity for illegal activities of
    street prostitutes.

    In Austria prostitution is completely legalized and regulated by state laws. However, the majority of prostitutes, an immigrants from the CIS,
    Nigeria and Balkans, came to this country are smuggled via
    traffickers.

    Total
    according to statistics in the country working as prostitutes from
    3,500 to 6,000 women who serve up to 15,000 customers a day. A quarter of that number works in the street, do not pay taxes, and multiply the number of venereal diseases

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    vs

    The Magna Carta, the foundation of the democratic system: 800-year anniversary http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-02/magna-carta-originals-reunited-for-800th-anniversary/6063098

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