{"id":39569,"date":"2026-08-11T23:48:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T18:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=39569"},"modified":"2026-08-11T23:48:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T18:48:49","slug":"king-charless-death-was-mistakenly-announced-by-uk-radio-station-out-of-curiosity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=39569","title":{"rendered":"King Charles\u2019s Death Was Mistakenly Announced By UK Radio Station \u201cOut of Curiosity\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap body dropcap\">On May 19, the United Kingdom\u2014and the rest of the world\u2014was stunned to hear the news of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/topic\/king-charles-iii\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">King Charles<\/a>&#8216;s death. During an episode of <em>The Barry Marsh Show,<\/em> the British radio station Radio Caroline aired an announcement featuring three prerecorded messages, stating, among other things, that several other media outlets had confirmed the monarch\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>The national anthem then played, followed by sixteen long minutes of silence, as if in tribute to King Charles. Regular programming finally resumed before the show\u2019s host realized the mistake and apologized to listeners, confirming that Charles was indeed alive. \u201cI\u2019ve just been informed that we\u2019ve played in error some information a little earlier; I didn\u2019t hear this myself, but it is incorrect, it\u2019s a technical issue, and of course we apologize,\u201d he quickly responded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">On Monday, August 10, Ofcom, the UK media regulator, released a report on the incident, concluding that the station had violated two rules of the Broadcasting Code. The first stipulates that \u201cNews, in whatever form, must be reported with due accuracy and presented with due impartiality,\u201d while the second states that \u201csignificant mistakes in news should normally be acknowledged and corrected on air quickly. Corrections should be appropriately scheduled.\u201d It described this false announcement as a \u201cvery significant inaccuracy\u201d on a matter of \u201cvery high public interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">But how could such an error have occurred? An employee was performing maintenance on a studio computer when he discovered three files prepared in advance in the event of the king\u2019s death. Radio Caroline \u201cexplained that these files are accompanied with \u2018a set of strict instructions to presenters and managers\u2019 to follow before being aired, but, out of curiosity, the member of staff played the files, which stopped the stream from the presenter\u2019s remote location, and broadcast the files on air,\u201d reports the Ofcom bulletin, cited by <em><a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/people.com\/king-charles-death-report-mistakenly-airs-on-radio-station-after-staffer-played-announcement-out-of-curiosity-12056844\" class=\"external-link text link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/people.com\/king-charles-death-report-mistakenly-airs-on-radio-station-after-staffer-played-announcement-out-of-curiosity-12056844&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/king-charles-death-report-mistakenly-airs-on-radio-station-after-staffer-played-announcement-out-of-curiosity-12056844\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The employee immediately stopped broadcasting the files when he realized his mistake, before rushing out of the office. He eventually apologized after being severely reprimanded. The British radio station assured Ofcom that the files would henceforth be stored on an external hard drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\"><em>Originally published in<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.fr\/article\/roi-charles-iii-annonce-mort-radio-caroline-presente-excuses\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\"><em>Vanity Fair<\/em> <em>France<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 19, the United Kingdom\u2014and the rest of the world\u2014was stunned to hear the news of King Charles&#8216;s death. 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