A report that Meghan Markle and Prince Harry signed divorce papers following the Queen's platinum jubilee has been crushed by fact-checkers.
Rumors circulating on social media that the Queen's grandson Harry and his wife Meghan have divorced have been deemed "false" by Pulitzer-winning fact-checking website PolitiFact in a rare attempt at debunking fake news about the Sussexes.
PolitiFact investigates a viral video - which has been viewed nearly 450,000 times on Facebook, and is titled Media Shock! Harry and Meghan have finally signed the divorce papers - comes after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex spoke out about the impact that false social media postings about them have had on their mental health.
The online fact checker is reportedly run by The Poynter Institute and describes its guiding principles as "freedom, transparency, fairness, thorough reporting and clear writing", while "the reason we publish is what citizens do." have to give the information they need to control themselves. In a democracy."
The post is highly critical of the Duchess of Sussex, attributing several claims from anonymous sources and adding the warning: "Harry and Meghan's signing of divorce papers is just a rumor in the media. Not confirmed."
A video in a Facebook post claims to offer juicy details, such as whether Harry is back in England while Meghan lives in the United States with the couple's two children, but it offers no credible evidence that either of these None is really true."
The Fact Checker's final finding on the Sussex divorce rumours reads: "The claim Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, are divorced."