{"id":16541,"date":"2022-02-25T09:15:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T09:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/25\/queen-elizabeth-had-died-instagram-gossip-blog-with-2-8-million-followers-said-so\/"},"modified":"2022-02-25T09:15:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T09:15:09","slug":"queen-elizabeth-had-died-instagram-gossip-blog-with-2-8-million-followers-said-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/25\/queen-elizabeth-had-died-instagram-gossip-blog-with-2-8-million-followers-said-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth Had Died, Instagram Gossip Blog With 2.8 Million Followers Said So"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The CEO of Hollywood Unlocked has doubled down on his claim that Queen Elizabeth had died, even though other outlets have not reported such news.<\/span><\/p>\n

The internet ignited Tuesday after the pop blog with 2.8 million Instagram<\/a> followers published an article that claimed \u201csources close to the Royal Kingdom\u201d had exclusively told the blog that Queen Elizabeth had died.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The blog provided no other information on the claim, which has not been addressed by Buckingham Palace. Representatives for Buckingham Palace did not return Insider\u2019s request for comment on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

As Insider reported, it is extremely unlikely the world would learn of the Queen<\/a>\u2018s death from a gossip site. There are rigid plans in place by the palace that detail everything from who will first be informed to what songs UK radio stations can play before announcing the news.<\/span><\/p>\n

This post was followed by an announcement that the sovereign was diagnosed with COVID-19 and had mild symptoms.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After the blog post spread across social media, the website\u2019s founder and CEO, Jason Lee, tweeted \u201cwe don\u2019t post lies and I always stand by my sources,\u201d adding that he was waiting for the palace\u2019s \u201cofficial confirmation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hollywood Unlocked did not respond to Insider\u2019s request for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lee also Tuesday posted a screenshot from the iPhone notes app on Instagram that appeared to defend the claim. In the post, he wrote he had \u201cnever been wrong\u201d and said\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Wednesday morning, a Twitter account also called Hollywood Unlocked shared a retraction, saying it sent its \u201cdeepest apologies\u201d to Queen Elizabeth and the royal family and that \u201cit was an accident and we\u2019re working hard to make sure that this mistake never happens again,\u201d Variety reported.<\/span><\/p>\n

The tweet appeared to also blame the article on an \u201cintern journalist\u201d who published \u201cthe draft post by mistake,\u201d according to the Variety report.<\/span><\/p>\n

That tweet, which has since been deleted, was lambasted hours later by Lee, who said he \u201cwoke up to some fake account posting a retraction\u201d and said, \u201cwe do not know that account.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Twitter account has existed since 2019 and has often used the same Hollywood Unlocked logo that is used on its website and Instagram account.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n