Buckingham Palace furiously denies Prince Philip death rumours
Buckingham Palace has been forced to furiously deny claims regarding the whereabouts of Prince Philip.
Since stepping out the limelight, the 98-year-old royal has often been targeted by cruel fake rumours, including one that came out this week that Prince Philip had fallen victim to the coronavirus and died.
However, Buckingham Palace insiders have found the claim laughable, and told the Express that the royal is “absolutely fine”.
“Sources close to Buckingham Palace tells me he’s absolutely fine,” Gareth Davies, editor of the UK’s Telegraph told the publication.
“I don't know what would possess someone to start a lie like that, but stop. It's weird and incites panic. We don't need that right now,” Gareth also wrote on Twitter.
Sources also seemed to confirm the same news as Gareth to ET Canada, that Prince Philip is alive and well.
According to reports, the hoax news story was created on messaging application, WhatsApp, where it was shared around that the royal had died before it was shared to Twitter and spread like wildfire.
However, it appears the Queen or her royal staff have taken no notice of the vicious cycle of rumours, as she carried out a private reception at Buckingham Palace with Commanding Officer of the HMS Queen Elizabeth, Commodore Steve Moorhouse, on Wednesday evening.
Since the Duke of Edinburgh retired in 2013, the royal has kept a low profile. Although sometimes, royal watchers are able to catch a photo of him keeping active and have even seen him carriage riding his beloved horse on the grounds of Windsor Castle a number of times.
At the beginning of 2019, Prince Philip underwent a shocking car crash which he surprisingly came out of with little to no injuries.
The royal was also hospitalised over Christmas break and photographed leaving a medical facility.