US EditionRussia media falls for hilarious April Fool's gaffe involving Prince Andrew as RT left with egg on face
- Russian state TV fell for an April Fool's Day joke about a fictional aircraft carrier named HMS Prince Andrew, reported by Russia Today.
- The spoof article claimed the carrier would cost £987.6 billion and be equipped with absurd features like 'infinity jets' and crayons.
- George Allison, the editor for the satirical piece, noted that it was meant to be obviously fake and humorously absurd.
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Russian media falls for April Fool's joke about UK's new aircraft carrier with 'infinity-hundred' jets: Report
The Russian state media, Russia Today, claimed in its report that Britain was buying a trillion-pound super aircraft carrier, which will be equipped with “infinity jets” and crayons, The Sun reports. The spoof was originally published by the UK Defence Journal, and it claimed that the UK would expand its Royal Navy by inducting HMS Prince Andrew, a new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier. The satirical article added that HMS Prince Andrew wil…
Russian TV falls for spoof over aircraft carrier named 'HMS Prince Andrew'
RUSSIAN state TV fell for an April Fool’s story about a new aircraft carrier named HMS Prince Andrew. Broadcaster Russia Today published claims that Britain was buying a trillion-pound super carrier armed with “infinity jets” and crayons. The TimesThe real carriers, HMS Prince of Wales, left, sails next to HMS Queen Elizabeth[/caption] The report on the Russian state TV company website The spoof was originally published the specialist website …
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