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King Charles Death Rumors

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King Charles Death Rumors refers to rumors and conjecture that King Charles III supposedly died on St. Patrick's Day in 2024. Rumors that flags in the United Kingdom are being flown at half-mast and that the BBC has been put on standby for a Royal announcement spread on TikTok and X / Twitter on March 17th, 2024, leading many to suspect that King Charles may have died. The King's cancer diagnosis played a role in fueling the conspiracy theories, as did the recent news cycles surrounding a supposedly missing Kate Middleton.

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On March 17th, 2024, rumors that King Charles may be dead began to spread online. These rumors were compounded with news the Union flags were being flown at half-mast in the U.K. and that the BBC had been put on "standby" in anticipation of a Royal announcement.

The earliest known post alluding to the BBC being put on standby to await a royal announcement was a March 16th post on X[1] by user @martin_youldon, who gathered over 1,000 likes in two days (seen below)


Martin Youldon @martin_youldon Rumours circulating that the BBC have been put on standby to make announcement about The Royal Family in the next 72 hours 3:09 PM Mar 16, 2024 1M Views

The earliest known post discussing the rumor that Union flags are flying at half-mast in the U.K., and linking it to King Charles's purported death was posted by X[2] user @kimichkis on March 17th, 2024, gathering over 1,000 likes in a day (seen below).


kimi @kimichkis flags at half mast in some government buildings, bbc going all black again, going also on stand by for a imminent "big" royal announcement,, either king charles is dead, abdicating, or kate died kimi @kimichkis • 9h THE STREETS ARE SAYING KING CHARLES IS DEAD??? 6:50 PM Mar 17, 2024 7.5M Views •

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TikTok users discussed the rumors on March 17th, 2024, as seen in a post by user @cady_bee[3] in which she shares a theory that the BBC has been put on standby but is waiting until the weekend passes to drop a major announcement (about King Charles's death) to avoid overlap with the Irish holiday St. Patrick's Day. The post gathered over 600,000 plays and 85,000 likes in a day (seen below, left).

TikToker[4] @zactivist also posted a video discussing the BBC being on standby on March 17th, theorizing that the "truth" about Kate Middleton's disappearance from the public might finally be revealed. The post gathered over 1 million plays and 27,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

@cady_bee What an interesting #stpatricksday they’re having at #buckinghampalace #britishmonarchy #bbc #kingcharles #britishroyalfamily #unitedkingdom ♬ Tell me ma – Cailan

@zactivist #katemiddleton #princesskate #royalannouncement #bbc ♬ original sound – The Zactivist

X users also shared their reactions to the rumors in mid-March 2024, as seen in a March 17th post by user @StorySorcery[5] that read, "I need british mutuals to tell me what's going over there!!! are the flags at half mast? is there a bbc blackout? is it true that bbc told everyone to be on standby for a royal announcement?" that gathered over 12,000 likes in a day (seen below, left).

On March 18th, X[6] user @jjoque posted an edit of Kate Middleton's edited family photo, writing, "Buckingham Palace just released this photo of King Charles he is certainly not dead; he is alive and well," and gathering over 9,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).


blue befunie bateest @StorySorcery i need british mutuals to tell me what's going over there!!! are the flags at half mast? is there a bbc blackout? is it true that bbc told everyone to be on standby for a royal announcement? 10:12 PM · Mar 17, 2024 1.3M Views • Justin Joque @jjoque Buckingham Palace just released this photo of King Charles he is certainly not dead; he is alive and well. ALT 11:07 PM · Mar 17, 2024 477.1K Views

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@tiktoknewswatch 👑📰 Major royal announcement speculation! Is it about King Charles's health or a royal divorce? Join the conversation on TikTok News! #RoyalAnnouncement #BBC #KingCharles #RoyalDivorce #Speculation #SocialMediaRumors #TikTokNews #RoyalFamily #BreakingNews #CommentBelow #StayTuned ♬ original sound – TiktokNewsWatch

@michelletok #BBC allegedly “on standby” with an announcement from The Royal Family amidst rumors #KateMiddleton is missing and #KingCharles is unwell. What is going on in 🇬🇧? #royalfamily #greenscreen ♬ original sound – michelle | pop culture & ✨💄🍸
j. @kookminery if king charles actually flatlined on st patricks day i actually gotta hand it to the irish 0:00 From wekikepi archive 12:00 AM Mar 18, 2024 • 449K Views MT Nicole Nichelle @alamanecer watching the royal conspiracy theories & memes go from Kate to King Charles in a matter of hours... GIRL WHAT IS GOING ON 0:00 From reaction videos 12:20 AM Mar 18, 2024 341.4K Views ella dawson @brosandprose Follow do I think King Charles is dead? no. do I think it's hilarious that the Royals have lost all public trust in their word? yes. 11:34 PM · Mar 17, 2024 143.1K Views


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External References

[1] X – martin_youldon

[2] X – kimichkis

[3] TikTok – cady_bee

[4]  TikTok – zactivist

[5] X – StorySorcery

[6] X – jjoque

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