The Belgian news agency, Belga, has appologized for the erroneous report of Queen Fabiola's death. The news agency was a victim to a hoaxer who had posted on Twitter that the queen, the widow of King Baudouin, died because she was affected by the divorce of Prince Laurent.
The Twitter report was sent to all of Belga's clients. On the same day, "Belga journalists called for the new service to be scrapped, voicing concern that the uncontrolled dissemination of information could affect the agency's credibility." Indeed.
Queen Fabiola has not died. Prince Laurent is not getting a divorce.
Belga officials have apologized for the error.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26360739-23109,00.html
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