15.02.19
County council apologises over mistaken Prince Philip death notice
Hampshire County Council has apologised after mistakenly publishing a notice that Prince Philip had died in what has been blamed on an “internal error.”
The authority accidently published a notice about the Duke of Edinburgh’s ‘death’ on its website earlier today, appearing on the county council’s front page for “a few minutes” before it was quickly removed.
The authority described it as an internal error and apologised and said it was “investigating this highly unusual occurrence.”
Credit: BBC
The message read: “On behalf of our residents, the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire and Hampshire County Council offer deepest sympathies to the Royal family on the passing of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
“At Hampshire County Council's headquarters buildings in Winchester flags have been lowered to half-mast.”
The news comes as the Crown Prosecution Service announced it would not be prosecuting the prince following a crash near the Sandringham estate.
Hampshire’s leader Roy Perry announced yesterday his intention to step down at the last full council meeting before the county council’s annual general meeting in May.
Perry, who was first elected in 1970, said he would continue as a councillor until 2021, seeing out the rest of his term before he plans on retiring.
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