Queen Elizabeth II has been diagnosed with coronavirus.
, FAKE NEWS AND misinformation is proliferating across social media during the Covid-19 outbreak, and this post on Instagram is another example of something that’s just not the case., At the time of writing, this post on date360 has over 1,400 likes., It says: “Royal Palace confirms Queen Elizabeth tests positive for coronavirus.”, It is simply untrue., No spokesperson for the royal family has said, implied or suggested this to be the case., No official statement has been released., , No reputable news outlet has reported this., Source: Victoria Jones/PA Images, Official announcements from the royal family are often very formalised with confirmation only coming from official spokespeople, such as when Harry and Meghan announced they would no longer be doing royal duties., Just over a week ago, a spokesperson for Prince Charles confirmed he had tested positive for Covid-19., The 71-year-old heir to the British throne is displaying mild symptoms “but otherwise remains in good health”, a spokesperson for the British residence Clarence House said., His mother, the 93-year-old long-serving Queen, is set to address the British people tomorrow on the coronavirus crisis., Up to and until an official announcement is made, you can take it that this “Royal Palace confirms…” news is nonsense., TheJournal.ie’s FactCheck is a signatory to the International Fact-Checking Network’s Code of Principles. You can read it\xa0here. For information on how FactCheck works, what the verdicts mean, and how you can take part, check out our Reader’s Guide\xa0here. You can read about the team of editors and reporters who work on the factchecks\xa0here., , To embed this post, copy the code below on your site, 600px wide\n<iframe width="600" height="460" frameborder="0" style="border:0px;" src="https://www.thejournal.ie/https://www.thejournal.ie/queen-coronavirus-5066430-Apr2020/?embedpost=5066430&width=600&height=460" ></iframe>, 400px wide\n<iframe width="600" height="460" frameborder="0" style="border:0px;" src="https://www.thejournal.ie/https://www.thejournal.ie/queen-coronavirus-5066430-Apr2020/?embedpost=5066430&width=400&height=460" ></iframe>, 300px wide\n<iframe width="600" height="460" frameborder="0" style="border:0px;" src="https://www.thejournal.ie/https://www.thejournal.ie/queen-coronavirus-5066430-Apr2020/?embedpost=5066430&width=300&height=460" ></iframe>, Facebook, Twitter, , Access to the comments facility has been disabled for this user, Notify me of followup comments via e-mail, TheJournal.ie supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice.  You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, PH: (01) 6489130, Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie, Please note that TheJournal.ie uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising. For more information on cookies please refer to our cookies policy., News images provided by Press Association and Photocall Ireland unless otherwise stated. Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography unless otherwise stated. Wire service provided by Associated Press., Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for user created content, posts, comments, submissions or preferences. Users are reminded that they are fully responsible for their own created content and their own posts, comments and submissions and fully and effectively warrant and indemnify Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, posts, comments and submissions available. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for the content of external websites., Switch to Mobile Site, Sites:\n                    TheJournal.ie |\n                    Noteworthy |\n                    The42 |\n                    Fora |\n                    Boards.ie |\n                    Adverts.ie |\n                    Daft.ie, , , , , , TheJournal.ie Latest News Feed, Debunked: No, Queen Elizabeth has not been diagnosed with coronavirus Comments, Create an email alert based on the current article
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