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This morning a Taiwan news station reported that the Queen of England,
Queen Elizabeth, had passed away. However, we are happy to report that
the Queen is alive and well. The report headline said (as pictured below)
: "Queen of England passes away, and we will miss her." It appears that
the passing of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of England,
was confused with the Queen.

Margaret Thatcher served England as prime minister from 1979 until 1990,
and holds the title as England's longest serving politician, and nicknamed
 the "Iron Lady" because of her uncompromising politics and leadership
style. As prime minister, she implemented conservative policies that have
come to be known as Thatcherism.

While we at TweakTown are sad to hear of Baroness Thatcher's passing, we
are happy to report that the Queen is doing just fine. In general I hold
all media sources to the highest standards and as a journalist myself, I
fact check everything I post before hitting that submit button.

What has Taiwan news media been smoking this morning?
UPDATE: To be clear, there was some confusion to the translation of the
headline. Some are stating the Chinese wording translates to "Queen" and
others "Prime Minister". The fact remain for sure that the image used is
of the Queen of England, and not Margaret Thatcher.

UPDATE #2: As you can see below, more pictures are being posted to Facebook.

UPDATE #3: We apologize for the incorrect translation of the headline. Our
original news source provided an incorrect translation. The headline
statement is correct. However, the fact still remains that the wrong
imagery was used more than once, and we feel that is unforgiveable.

http://ppt.cc/uUGa

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