In February 2022, Buckingham Palace revealed that Queen Elizabeth had been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Within days, a website called HollywoodUnlocked began insisting that the Queen had died from the condition.
For all its faults, the system does, and is there to, protect."
We take patient confidentiality extremely seriously and we are now reviewing our telephone protocols" (viaReuters).
While the call might have seemed funny at the time, it had dire consequences.
c’mon make them pay my mortgage.
Jacintha" (via theDaily Mail).
Prince William later wrote a letter to Saldanha’s husband, who shared parts of it withThe Guardian.
Feeling a sudden sense of unease, Hopkins decided to confess to a major crime.
This was also, supposedly, the only “job” that had come directly from the royal family.
Then Lewis-Smith went in for the kill: He asked Diana how rugby captain Will Carling was doing.
Diana’s private secretary Patrick Jephson intercepted the call, and connected her to Lewis-Smith days later.
One thing led to another, and this particular phone call will certainly live on in infamy.
It’s absolutely extraordinary.
The Mirror notes that calls from then on have been staggered, first passing through the Private Secretary.
From there, the Queen will call back on her own line, ensuring that no one is recording.
At the time, Queen Elizabeth had missed events around Christmas 2016 because she was sick.
Eventually, the rumor was squashed as people realized the account was fake.
In February 2022, Buckingham Palace announced that the Queen had contracted COVID-19.
For insurance purposes, the paintings were evaluated to be worth $134 million (viaPeople).
He told theDaily Mail, “None of these pictures have come back, they are all there.
No Monet has come back to me because it is not real.
None of my stuff is fake.”
The Mail, however, reports that the “Monet” was, in fact, sent back.
Sarah says, “That opens up everything you would ever wish for.
I can open any door you want, and I will for you.
In the end, the Daily Mail chalked the entire profile up to a crafty hoaxer.
