British Embassy issues furious denial after Russian media shared fake statement

 
A Scottish solicitor has ended his own life in a Swiss clinic following a long illness.

Bruce De Wert, who was suffering from a severe form of multiple sclerosis, travelled to Basel last month.

Ukraine's British embassy has released an official statement confirming King Charles III is still alive after Russian media claimed he had died.

 

 

Several Russian news sites reported earlier today that the King had died aged 75 as a result of cancer complications, citing unnamed 'media' sources in an inexplicable stream of posts.

They reported the news with a fake statement from 'Buckingham Palace' reporting Charles' 'unexpected death' was circulated on social media.


'King Charles III of Great Britain has died at the age of 75, according to media reports,' Russian newswire Sputnik reported.

 

 

'There is no information about this on the royal family website or in the British media



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