UK radio station has apologized for making a false death announcement about King Charles III.
A UK radio station apologized for saying that King Charles III had died when he hadn’t. The station said it was because of a computer error that caused the emergency alert to go off by accident.
A UK radio station said it was sorry for accidentally announcing the death of King Charles III. The station attributed the triggering of the emergency “Death of a Monarch” process to a computer error.
Radio Caroline said the false statement was played on Tuesday before the station suddenly went silent. The staff swiftly resumed the show and expressed their apologies to the audience.
Peter Moore, the station manager, said in a message shared on social media that the mistake set off a procedure that was only supposed to be used if the monarch died.
Moore said, “Because of a computer error at our main studio, the Death of a Monarch procedure—which all UK stations keep ready but hope they don’t have to use—was accidentally activated on Tuesday afternoon (19 May),” saying that HM the King had died.
He also said that when broadcasting stopped without warning, the station knew right away that something was wrong.
“Radio Caroline then went silent, as it should have,” he said. “That let us know it was time to bring back the show and apologize on air.”
The station told the British monarch and fans who may have been upset by the mistaken announcement they were sorry.
King Charles III praised Trump’s inauguration.
The statement also said, “We’re sorry for any trouble this incident may have caused HM the King and our listeners.”
The event took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland, while King Charles and Queen Camilla were there for business.
Buckingham Palace says that the King and Queen went to a cultural event at Thompson Dock, which is where the Titanic was built, and met artists getting ready for the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann Irish music festival.
The royal couple also went to Titanic Distillers and later met with the government leaders of Northern Ireland at Hillsborough Castle, which is close to Belfast.
