Royal Announcement Parodies
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Royal Announcement parodies refers to a series of memes made using a picture that appears to have the official letterhead of the British royal family paired with nonsensical or copypasta text. The image circulated amid growing speculation and uncertainty surrounding the British royal family following the controversy around Kate Middleton's supposed disappearance and rumors of King Charles III's death.
Origin
In mid-March 2024, online conversations around the British royal family intensified after Kate Middleton, wife of Prince William, went weeks without making a public appearance and official outlets posted an apparently-edited photo of her. Unconfirmed online rumors spread about the BBC receiving instructions to await a "royal announcement." According to Snopes, these rumors originated on TikTok on March 16th, 2024 with a video by the pop apologists duo, who claimed to have gotten the information from an anonymous "insider."[1]
The popapologists video (seen below) earned over 2.4 million views and 131,000 likes in three days, ending with speculation that Middleton "is no longer with us."[2]
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7346629223198608683
On March 18th, Russian state media outlet Mash posted a black-and-white photo with the letterhead of the British royal family to Telegram, and a sentence-long press statement suggesting that King Charles III had died. Other media outlets reposted the story, but after the British royal family and government denied that Charles III was dead, the Russian state outlets issued retractions.[3]
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Edited announcements using Royal letterhead circulated on X on March 18th under the trending hashtag #RoyalAnnouncement. Some of them, like the one (seen below top) by @ViewFromEssex which received over 5,200 likes in five hours and referenced the My Pussy In Bio memes from earlier that year, reprised prior formats and copypastas.[4]
Others, like the one (seen below bottom) by @ash____c, which received over 21,000 likes in four hours (seen below bottom) satirically imagined what the royal family might say.[5]
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[1] Snopes – Did UK Royal Family Alert BBC To Be Ready for Major Announcement?
[2] TikTok – @popapologists
[3] New York Post – King Charles Is Not Dead Despite Russian Media Announcement
[4] X – @ViewFromEssex
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