BBC committed an unfortunate faux pas during coverage of King Charles III 's address earlier today.
Many who tuned ready to watch the new Head of State's public speech this afternoon [September 9] spotted the awkward blunder from the broadcaster's subtitles department and quickly took to social media to chuckle at the mix-up.
Eagle-eyed viewers spotted the huge Royal reporting blunder as BBC subtitles stated the word "vagina" instead of "Regina" when talking about King Charles III and his late mother Queen Elizabeth II.
Following the death of the late Head of State at the age of 96 yesterday [September 9], her eldest son and heir Charles is now King with Camilla as Queen Consort. The Monarch leaves behind four children, eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren, including Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Archie and Lilibet.
The BBC, along with many other major channels, suspended their scheduled programming amid the news of the Queen's death and have been running non-stop news coverage and special features since Buckingham Palace issued a statement confirming the Queen had passed away yesterday afternoon.
At around 1:40pm today, as the new King disembarked his jet from Balmoral at RAF Northolt before being driven to Buckingham Palace for his first walkabout as Monarch, viewed tuned into the BBC's coverage spotted something not quite right with the state broadcaster's subtitles.
King Charles and Camilla, who is the Queen Consort, were shown sitting together in a car before setting off for Central London when newsreaders spoke about the late Queen Elizabeth and her legacy.
As the experts and broadcasters discussed the late monarch following her death at Balmoral, the subtitles being transcribed didn't accurately match what was being said - resulting in the awkward blunder.
Discussing Camilla's new role of Queen Consort, the newsreaders explained to viewers how King Charles III's wife wasn't Queen Regina - but the subtitles mistakenly transcribed "Regina" as "vagina".
"BBC subtitles spectacularly mishearing the words "Queen Regina" during a conversation about Camilla just now. #KingCharles," one viewer commented on Twitter after spotting the unfortunate mistake on TV.
"Oops... BBC should really be more careful with their auto subtitles..," another added, while a third wrote: "Thank you BBC for drawing that distinction."
Buckingham Palace made the announcement that the Queen had died yesterday at 6.30pm, stating: "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow."
The UK is now in a period of official mourning with her funeral due to take place within a fortnight.
In his first speech following the death of his mother, King Charles III expressed his love for his son Harry and his daughter-in-law Meghan Markle "as they continue to build their lives overseas".
Talking about his wife of 17 years, Camilla, 75, the new Head of State said: "I know she will bring to the demands of her new role the steadfast devotion to duty on which I have come to rely so much."
He went on to address how his life had now changed, saying: "It will no longer be possible for me to give so much of my time and energies to the charities and issues for which I care so deeply.
"But I know this important work will go on in the trusted hands of others."
