BRITS have been left in stitches by a misunderstood post from the BBC promising kids the chance to meet the Queen- believing it meant the late Queen Elizabeth II.
The social media post, shared yesterday, announced the return of 500 Words, the broadcaster’s annual creative writing competition for children.
With the grand final taking place at Buckingham Palace in February 2025, finalists have the chance to meet Queen Camilla.
However, with the incorrect assumption that Brits would know which Queen they meant, the post was flooded with comments panning the BBC for making such a terrible mistake.
With the Queen having given her support to the competition last year, she launched this year’s event with a message on The One Show on BBC One yesterday.
One of the prizes up for grabs for silver winners is a pile of books equivalent to the Queen’s height of 5ft 8in.
The post read: “Calling all young writers- BBC 500 Words is back.
“Celebrating the best homegrown storytelling, children from across the UK can submit their own original short story.
“Winners will have the chance to meet Her Majesty The Queen.”
It was shared to social media yesterday and has since received over 1,400 likes and more than 120 comments.
Many were from Brits left horrified, believing the BBC had made a major gaffe, with others amused at the hilarious misunderstanding.
One said: “You are going to kill the winner? Seems a bit extreme.”
A second commented: “[The] Queen died in 2022, please delete this, very disrespectful.”
Another wrote: “I have some bad news for you… you’re a little too late to meet her.”
A fourth said: “Also: whopping great dangler in press release for, er, writing competition.”
Another added: “All this post has succeeded in doing is prove that 95% of people don’t think before they tweet. Who’s the King married to, people?”
Another quipped: “It’s hilarious that as a nation we forgot about Camilla.”
