UK radio station apologises for accidentally announcing death of King Charles

Key points

• A radio station has apologised for “any distress caused” after accidentally announcing that King Charles had died.
• The erroneous announcement was made on Tuesday afternoon due to a computer error at Radio Caroline’s main studio in Essex.
• Station manager Peter Moore wrote on “Radio Caroline then fell silent as would be required, which alerted us to restore programming and issue an on-air apology.
• View image in fullscreen Radio Caroline’s station manager Peter Moore apologised for any distress caused.
• Photograph: David Sillitoe/The Guardian “Caroline has been pleased to broadcast Her Majesty the Queen’s, and now the king’s, Christmas message and we hope to do so for many years to come.