The British embassy in Moscow was today forced to give an official statement confirming King Charles III is still alive after Russian media claimed he had died.

A host of Russian news sites and their associated social media accounts reported earlier today that the King had died aged 75 as a result of cancer complications, citing unnamed ‘media’ sources in an inexplicable stream of posts.

It came as an image of a clearly fake statement from ‘Buckingham Palace’ reporting Charles’ ‘unexpected death’ was circulated on social media.

‘King Charles III of Great Britain has died at the age of 75, according to media reports,’ Russian newswire Sputnik reported.

‘There is no information about this on the royal family website or in the British media.’

Minutes later their stories were updated after they were forced to climb down following reports the King was in fact not dead.

The British embassy in Moscow then furiously posted on X: ‘Reports of the death of King Charles III of Great Britain are fake!’

The British Embassy in Kyiv followed soon after with a statement that read: ‘We would like to inform you that the news about the death of King Charles III is fake.’

A host of Russian news sites and their associated social media accounts reported earlier today that the King had died aged 75

The post shared on X by the British Embassy in Moscow which read ‘reports about the death of King Charles are FAKE’

Ukraine’s British embassy also gave an official statement confirming King Charles III is still alive after Russian media claimed he had died

A tweet by Gazeta.ru perpetuated the rumours that Charles had died

The fake palace announcement was dated today and said: ‘The King passed away unexpectedly yesterday afternoon’