An employee of Radio Caroline started the news about the death of Charles III out of curiosity

An employee of the British radio station Radio Caroline "buried" King Charles III of Great Britain out of curiosity during technical work, after which he ran away from his workplace. This was announced on August 10 by the country's media regulator Ofcom.

"The employee who carried out the maintenance of the studio computer gained access to three audio files that were pre-recorded for use in the event of the death of King Charles III," the document says.

It is noted that during the inspection of the equipment, the employee turned on pre-prepared recordings that notified of the death of the monarch. After the announcement, the national anthem was played on the air, and then the station's digital broadcast remained silent for about 16 minutes.

After the employee realized the consequences of the incident, he left the premises, the publication says. The error was corrected after about half an hour, after which Radio Caroline apologized to the listeners for what had happened.

The media regulator called the situation a violation of the accuracy of broadcasting and recognized the radio station as violating the established rules. The employee was reprimanded, and the obituary notes were deleted from the studio computer.

Radio Caroline director Peter Moore said on May 20 that the station had apologized to Charles III for mistakenly announcing his death on air. In the apology, Moore also indicated that the radio broadcast was interrupted immediately after that, and then Radio Caroline returned with a public apology.