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Buckingham Palace Source Insists 98-Year-Old Prince Philip Is 'Absolutely Fine'

Updated August 16, 2021

Royal family fans were surprised by a news report that claimed Prince Philip had passed away amidst coronavirus fears.

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The false reports began to swirl around on Wednesday.

Naturally, Buckingham Palace took it amongst themselves to clear up the rumours.

Speaking to the UK publication Express, "Telegraph" newspaper editor Gareth Davies said: "Source close to Buckingham Palace tells me he's absolutely fine."

Davies continued on Twitter: "I don't know what would possess someone to start a lie like that, but stop. It's weird and incites panic. We don't need that right now."