A Russian state media story, evidently inspired by social media gossip, forced Buckingham Palace to deny that King Charles III is dead. Charles announced that he has cancer in January and is undergoing treatment. It's a warning to content-hungry media that the bottom has fallen out on Twitter, where all this came from today.
"We are happy to confirm that The King is continuing with official and private business," it read.
Just don't ask about Kate, OK? [Fox News, archive]