I don't understand why everyone on Telegram suddenly started posting about the death of King Charles III

I don't understand why everyone on Telegram suddenly started posting about the death of King Charles III. Clearly, people want views, but there has been no official announcement of the monarch's death.

Rumours that Charles was dead began circulating in earnest as early as 17 March. They were fuelled by supposed reports that flags in Britain had been lowered to half-mast and that the BBC had been put on standby awaiting a royal announcement; a message to this effect appeared on Twitter on the 16th. The author of the post, Martin Yuldon, stated that the announcement of a royal death would be made within the next 72 hours. The post about the flags at half-mast appeared yesterday and suggested that it was either Charles or Kate who had died.

All of this began to be discussed on TikTok, where a version was voiced that the announcement of the death was being held back in order to avoid a clash with the Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day. Indeed, it would be awkward to mix the death of a monarch with such a national festivity. Moreover, TikTok users increasingly began to say that the "truth" about Kate Middleton might finally come to light.

None of these reports cites a single source, and they contain nothing but conjecture, yet they give rise to a wave of interpretations. It is curious that people have lost the habit of checking the news in any way at all. By their logic, why do major media outlets exist in the first place? Surely when the English king dies, professional journalists and the leading publications will report it a little faster than the TikTok girls?

Remember how many times Zhirinovsky was buried? Though, to be fair, the imaginary deaths were indeed followed by an announcement of the politician's passing. When Elizabeth II died, it became known within a few hours.