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Russian media has fallen for an outrageous April Fools joke involving Prince Andrew.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

Its editor George Allison shared the news on X, formerly known as Twitter. He said: “I tricked Russian State media into reporting nonsense about an aircraft carrier named HMS Prince Andrew with ‘go faster stripes and crayons’, it's been a fantastic week.”

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