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Hollywood Unlocked has conceded a story announcing Queen Elizabeth II's death was untrue after new pictures were released from Windsor Castle.
Jason Lee's gossip website told the world that Britain's longest reigning monarch had passed away, despite no official confirmation, on February 22.
And he doubled down even after a backlash, stating in an Instagram post: "I've never been wrong."
However, the queen was pictured for the first time since testing positive for coronavirus after she held a virtual audience from Windsor Castle.
A Buckingham Palace statement released to Newsweek read: "Her Majesty The Queen today conducted two virtual Audiences via video link from Windsor Castle."
Hollywood Unlocked has finally conceded its original article was wrong, as it reported on the queen's video meetings with two new ambassadors to Britain.
The website's article was headlined: "Queen Elizabeth Recovers From Covid To Host Virtual Audiences At Windsor Castle Home."
A post on its official Instagram page added: "#QueenElizabeth is pictured hosting virtual audiences today with ambassadors for the first time since her Covid diagnosis."
The queen tested positive on February 20 after an outbreak of the virus among staff at Windsor Castle.
It came ten days after Prince Charles tested positive on February 10 and shortly after Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, contracted the virus on February 14.
The great and good of British society from Prime Minister Boris Johnson to the Archbishop of Canterbury expressed their support for the queen following news she had the virus.
Last week, the queen cancelled scheduled virtual meetings on two separate days, as she experienced mild, cold-like symptoms.
However, she now appears well enough to return to holding virtual meetings in her capacity as Britain's head of state.
It comes as the royal family expressed support for Ukraine and condemned Vladimir Putin's invasion.
Prince Charles made the strongest statement at an event in memory of murdered British lawmaker Sir David Amess, at a council meeting in Southend-on-Sea, on March 1.
The future king said: "No-one could have given more for the values which underpin the society we share—values which appear all the more precious at this present time when we see, more starkly than for many years, the appalling suffering and devastation caused when the path of violence is chosen.
"What we saw in the terrible tragedy in Southend was an attack on democracy, on an open society, on freedom itself.
"We are seeing those same values under attack today in Ukraine in the most unconscionable way. In the stand we take here, we are in solidarity with all those who are resisting brutal aggression."
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Jack Royston is Newsweek's Chief Royal Correspondent based in London, U.K. He reports on the British royal family—including King Charles ... Read more