Buckingham Palace has come out saying that Queen Elizabeth II is still alive and recovering from a cold. Photo / AP
The Royal family has reassured people the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are alive after conspiracy theories began to trend online, sparked by a fake news report.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said both the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were recuperating from a bout of illness.
"The Queen and
Duke of Edinburgh continue to recover from their heavy colds," he told The Sun.
It comes after the couple opted to fly to Sandringham for Christmas rather than take the train and the Queen did not appear at a family church service on Christmas Day due to illness.
