Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are pictured at the Royal Ascot horse race in 2011. Coverage of the death of a royal is meticulously planned by newsrooms, right down to the finer details, such as what a news anchor will wear as they break the news. The BBC reportedly holds rehearsals for when that time comes. It was during one of these in 2015 that saw a journalist face disciplinary action after they mistakenly tweeted that Queen Elizabeth II had died. As Kiwis slept on Friday night, international journalists went into overdrive reporting on the first royal death since the passing of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, in 2002.