UK radio station wrongly broadcasts that King Charles has died

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King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend a Garden Party at Hillsborough Castle, in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland on 20 May, 2026.

A British radio station has issued an apology after wrongly broadcasting that King Charles had died.

In a statement on social media, the Essex-based Radio Caroline said a computer error in its main studio triggered the "Death of a Monarch" procedure.

It says it was accidentally activated on Tuesday afternoon (local time) and mistakenly announced that the King had died before the station went silent.