Friday 26 April, 2024

A newspaper just made a mortifying mistake about the Queen's age

Who knew the Queen was so young?

QUEEN ELIZABETH II turns the grand old age of 90 next week and the UK are preparing to mark her birthday with a series of celebrations.

Last night, The Telegraph attempted to report that Prime Minister David Cameron and his fellow MPs would pay tribute to the monarch in the House of Commons today.

Unfortunately, they got a crucial detail wrong: her age.

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19, you say? Well, imagine that.

The error wasn’t only found in the headline — it also found itself in the article’s opening paragraph.

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And on Twitter.

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The news has come as a shock to many…

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Happy 19th, hun.

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