Russia Today fell for a brazen April Fool's joke claiming the Ministry of Defence was planning to exceed its entire budget ...

A Russian state broadcaster fell for a spoof which suggested the UK would be building a third aircraft carrier complete with crayons and go-faster stripes.

An article published by RT, which has since been deleted but is accessible on internet archives, claimed Britain was set to “buy a third Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier in response to the ...

Russian state media outlet RT published a story about the British Navy launching a 'HMS Prince Andrew' - not realising it was ...

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 ...

Blundering Russian state media has been 'duped' into falling for an April Fool's joke that the Royal Navy is planning to build a third aircraft carrier called 'HMS Prince Andrew', which can carry an ...

A RUSSIAN state media outlet has claimed the UK is planning on building a new aircraft carrier named HMS Prince Andrew ...

The journal's tongue-in-cheek story was full of "absurd" claims aimed at amusing readers, including that the new HMS Prince Andrew would be equipped with "naval Typhoons" launched by catapult and ...

Blundering Russian state media has been 'duped' into falling for an April Fool's joke that the Royal Navy is planning to build a third aircraft carrier called 'HMS Prince Andrew', which can carry ...

The UK Defence Journal, in its satirical piece about the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier 'HMS Prince Andrew', made unrealistic claims on April Fool's Day. Russian state media, Russia Today, reported ...

we published a clearly satirical piece about a fictional third aircraft carrier - HMS Prince Andrew - complete with absurd details like go-faster stripes and crayons. The Royal Navy’s real ...