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James Besanvalle
Jun 09, 2020
Viewers were shocked and amused after Sky News accidentally played a video of Prince Andrew during a segment on a new suspect in the missing persons case of Madeleine McCann.
During the 8pm news bulletin on Monday evening, host Dermot Murnaghan opened the show with their "top story”:
We have actual evidence Madeleine McCann is dead. German prosecutors reveal more on their investigation into the suspect, Christian B.
Unfortunately, instead of showing clips of Madeleine, the prosecutors or even the actual suspect in question, Sky News showed a video of Prince Andrew having what looks like a serious conversation with someone wearing a palace lanyard.
Twitter user David Lewis (@DavidCLewis) posted the video to the social media platform and called the mistake a “Horrific VT cockup”.
Many agreed:
@davidclewis Oh dear 😬— Babs1 (@Babs1) 1591655620
@davidclewis Whoops— Ken Wilson (thee/thou) (@Ken Wilson (thee/thou)) 1591654011
But mostly, people saw the funny side of it all:
@davidclewis @misterbez HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! This is much better than when they accidentally said Kirk Douglas was the… https://t.co/wvkMWuqDN9— Red Sky At Night (@Red Sky At Night) 1591657092
Dermot Murnaghan’s face afterwards is, as they say, a picture.— David (@David) 1591649320
And then the jokes started:
Sky News apologised for the mix up.
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