‘Queen Thatcher is dead’: Taiwan TV bosses mistake monarch for Maggie in broadcast of death… as Thailand uses Meryl Streep instead!
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It was the story of the day yesterday, and television newscasters the world over rushed to broadcast the news that Margaret Thatcher had died in London.
So it is, perhaps, no surprise that one or two of them didn't get it quite right...
A Taiwanese news station, CTi News, aired footage of Queen Elizabeth II while reporting the death of the former British Prime Minister.
Sombre news: The Taiwanese newscaster told viewers about Lady Thatcher's death while the Queen shook hands in the background
The station apologised last night after viewers criticised the station for failing to distinguish between the two famous British women.
Meanwhile in Thailland, news producers for the country's army-owned Channel 5 made a similar error, using a photograph of actress Meryl Streep when they reported news of Lady Thatcher's death this morning.
My mom thought the same thing she knows I'm obsessed with the British Monarchy she told me he queen died are you sad I as like mom who let you out of the dungeon.