Late last night the Buckingham Palace suddenly called for a secret meeting among all the royal staff. This meant every servant of the Royal family in every corner of the UK. Naturally, this got everyone in England very, very suspicious. It appeared that something fishy was taking place at the Royal Buckingham Palace and the internet has since been tearing up with conspiracy theories.
While such types of meetings have happened in the past, it is being said by major news outlets that the way this one has been called on all of a sudden is strange and perhaps may even be cause for alarm.
Lets see what our gora brethren is making out of this situation
The angraiz were super anxious and they were looking for answers
May 4th?Secret Buckingham Palace meetings?Probs just the Queen receiving a briefing from the Rebel Alliance #StarWarsDay #buckinghampalace
— Tom Mulligan (@TommyMull_13) May 4, 2017
Hope The Grand Tour isn’t cancelled
#buckinghampalace What has @JeremyClarkson done this time? ??? @BBC_TopGear @thegrandtour
— ijefff (@ijefff) May 4, 2017
There were the Harry Potter references
Omg Voldemort is back?#BuckinghamPalace
— LittleSlytherinBitch (@WhoisAndyM) May 4, 2017
"Let's just hope the emergency meeting is to announce an 8th Harry Potter book" #BuckinghamPalace
— shivani (@shivani16jain) May 4, 2017
@jk_rowling are the rumors true? Is he back? Is Voldemort back? #BuckinghamPalace
— Alex Day (@alexday31193) May 4, 2017
At one point, people were legit scared shitless
Real reason for the emergency meeting… #BuckinghamPalace #QueenElizabethII pic.twitter.com/y47jzhS7aI
— Henrique W. Hamester (@HenriqHamesTer) May 4, 2017
Did you really expect that Trump would be spared?
#BuckinghamPalace #QueenElizabeth
Meeting is hopefully to say "That's it! He's an idiot. We're reclaiming the US.— Tam (@TamLovesBill) May 4, 2017
On a serious note, rumors were also circulating that a major member of the Royal Family has passed away
According to Royal Protocol major events relating to the Royal Family like a members death are made at 8 AM (Pakistani 12 PM)
French media confirms Prince Phillip has passed away at the age of 96. The Palace will announce at 8am UK time. #buckinghampalace
— Austin (@QUINCY_AUSTIN) May 4, 2017
Unconfirmed reports out of #buckinghampalace that Prince Philip has died.
— Paul G (@ny007ny) May 4, 2017
But then 8 AM came and nothing was happening
Me now that it's 8AM in England #buckinghampalace #comeon pic.twitter.com/8m0vjEy9Ee
— Caitlyn Clear (@ClearlyCaitlyn) May 4, 2017
That was the most anticlimactic 8am of my entire life. #buckinghampalace
— Matt Abrams (@MattJAbrams) May 4, 2017
8am comes and goes. Nothing. Thanks for that, Twitter, you complete and utter gossip guzzling git. #BuckinghamPalace
— Greg Scott (@GregScottTV) May 4, 2017
And the everyone just kinda sorta started moving on from the drama
But then The Royal Family’s official Twitter account made this announcement
An announcement regarding The Duke of Edinburgh. https://t.co/SF1bgo68Un pic.twitter.com/TO9mR70xTk
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) May 4, 2017
The Royal Family announced that Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and 95 year old husband to Queen Elizabeth was retiring from public life in August.
The statement said that after completing his pre-scheduled duties in August Prince Philip will “not be accepting new invitations for visits and engagements, although he may still choose to attend certain public events from time to time”.
And it all became clearer what the whole story was
@RoyalFamily @RoyalFamily @KensingtonRoyal the Duke's worked incredibly hard over many decades .At 96 this year he's due a happy retirement .God bless ❤️
— Debs (@Debs__22) May 4, 2017
Some people didn’t stop being brutal
#BuckinghamPalace
Breaking news. Old man who did nothing, will continue to do nothing.— Karen Cooper (@i_am_k_cooper) May 4, 2017
And the smartass of the day award goes to **drum roll**
Rumours saying Prince Philip is dead.
Buckingham Palace saying Prince Philip is not dead.
Ergo: Schrödinger's Prince.#BuckinghamPalace— Scott Jenkins ? (@JournoJenkins67) May 4, 2017