function onPlayerReadyVidible(e){'undefined'!=typeof HPTrack&&HPTrack.Vid.Vidible_track(e)}!function(e,i){if(e.vdb_Player){if('object'==typeof commercial_video){var a='',o='m.fwsitesection='+commercial_video.site_and_category;if(a+=o,commercial_video['package']){var c='&m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3D'+commercial_video['package'];a+=c}e.setAttribute('vdb_params',a)}i(e.vdb_Player)}else{var t=arguments.callee;setTimeout(function(){t(e,i)},0)}}(document.getElementById('vidible_1'),onPlayerReadyVidible); Britains royal family sent the internet into overdrive on Thursday morning.Rumors began swirling online after the Daily Mailreported that Queen Elizabeth IIs entire household had been called together for an emergency meeting at Buckingham Palace.Royal officials later revealed the real reason for the all-hands meeting was to announce the retirement of Prince Philip, the queens 95-year-old husband, from official engagements later this year.An announcement regarding The Duke of Edinburgh. https://t.co/SF1bgo68Un pic.twitter.com/TO9mR70xTk The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) May 4, 2017 But in the time it took for the palace to make the official announcement, speculation and panic took over ' with much of it centering on the possibility that Prince Philip, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh,or another senior member of the royal familyhad died.The world right now as they wait to hear what is happening at #buckinghampalace pic.twitter.com/7a2ciwXSwF R (@r21yna) May 4, 2017 #Twitter speculations over #buckinghampalace announcement pic.twitter.com/fi1uRl6zp0 mrs (@preppiecurler) May 4, 2017 I'm not even British but I'm scrolling through the #buckinghampalace hashtag like pic.twitter.com/cIDgchMo8M Berta (@BertaV19) May 4, 2017 Prince Philipis, however, in apparent good health (he opened a new standat the Lords Cricket Ground in London on Wednesday).Heres a roundup of just some of the other rumors ' plausible and otherwise ' that took hold of Twitter overnight before the royal family made its announcement:The queen was going to abdicate.What if...and I'm just speculating here...what if!...she's adbicating the throne to Charles #BuckinghamPalace pic.twitter.com/tQbOpNxHbA Jaime (@notjaime1) May 4, 2017 Prince Harry had gotten engaged to Meghan Markle.This whole #buckinghampalace thing is probably just Prince Harry got engaged to Meghan Markle. That's my guess anyway. ' R E B E C C A ' (@raebaker_) May 4, 2017 The queen was abdicating in favor of Prince Harry.#BuckinghamPalace passing the throne to Harry pic.twitter.com/P4YlJxanbl DKT (@darleneturner53) May 4, 2017 Prince Harry was going to be revealed as a wizard.Speculation rife that Harry has been told he's a wizard. #BuckinghamPalace Jack Lattimore (@latts92) May 4, 2017 Britain was going to reclaim the United States.Rumor has it the Buckingham palace meeting is about a plan to reclaim the American colonies#buckinghampalace Joel Gelb (@JoelGelb) May 4, 2017 #BuckinghamPalace #QueenElizabeth Meeting is hopefully to say "That's it! He's an idiot. We're reclaiming the US. Tam (@TamLovesBill) May 4, 2017 Britain was going to declare war on France.I hope it's the Queen deciding she's fed up with the government, is seizing back power and we're going to war with France #BuckinghamPalace Chris Willis (@chriswillis288) May 4, 2017 The palaces empty rooms were being listed on Airbnb.Just heard that the Queen has decided to put the empty Palace rooms on airb&b.....staff being informed. #BuckinghamPalace Sharon Matthews (@shazzadut) May 4, 2017 The Ministry Of Magic had fallen.Maybe the Ministry of Magic has fallen...'#BuckinghamPalace GoonerAndy (@GoonerInDenver) May 4, 2017 One of the queens Corgis had died.I swear if I have been refreshing my feed only to discover that a corgi has died #BuckinghamPalace Sam Moussa' (@TheSamMoussa) May 4, 2017 The queen was going to be the new Doctor Who.OMG she's going to be the new Doctor isn't she' #BuckinghamPalace Grant Williamson (@ozjimbob) May 4, 2017 -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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