Twitter can be a fantastic source of breaking news, but as we are all aware, it can also be a fantastic source of shitehawkery - or what Donald Trump might call 'fake news'.

That was the case yesterday evening, when a rumour quickly spread that the 93-year-old Queen Elizabeth II had died.

It stemmed from a screenshot of a WhatsApp message sent by someone called 'Gibbo', which appeared to be a message to his fellow soldiers. In it, he tells them that she had a heart attack, that her death will be announced at 9.30am today and what uniform/gear is required for the next two weeks.

However, if you looked a bit closer at his avatar...

Needless to say, the Queen has not died - as confirmed this morning by a Royal 'expert':

However, the rumour took flight quite quickly and some of the reactions were fairly amusing...