Twitter Worried After Both Prince Philip, 'Rest in Peace' Trended Online

Twitter users were worried for Prince Philip when they spotted his name and came across the words "rest in peace" on the microblogging site.

The Duke of Edinburgh, 99, has been hospitalized as a precautionary measure on the advice of his doctor. The news immediately trended on Twitter and many got worried for the senior royal.

"I don’t know why but my heart stopped when I saw rest in peace under the article of Prince Philip being taken to hospital," one tweeted.

"When ‘rest in peace’ and Prince Philip being in hospital are trending simultaneously," another wrote with a face with hand over mouth emoji.

"Seeing prince philip and rest in peace trending together and its not even prince philip whos died times ticking come on what u waiting for," a third user stated.

"Rest in Peace and Dying trending had me thinking something happend to Prince Philip," @Crysss_x wrote.

"I saw Rest In Peace trending, the first thing I thought is has Prince Philip died?" a fifth netizen added.

Even if the palace already announced that it was a precautionary measure, some were not convinced. A few speculated that it was serious because he won’t be hospitalized at his age and at this time of the pandemic and risk himself getting COVID-19 if it was just a precautionary measure.

"I’m no doctor, but being taken into to hospital as a precaution when the majority of people I know have only caught covid when they’ve been to hospital and my 90+ neighbour broke a rib and was told to stay home for that reason suggests Prince Philip warrants more than precaution," one wrote.

"Yup!! Agreed!" another user commented.

Meanwhile, some users started spreading fake news about the duke. It isn't the first time the Queen's husband was subjected to a death hoax. In 2020, a Prince Philip death hoax sparked funny and sarcastic reactions from Twitter users who no longer believed the report.

“Prince Philip is dead? I'm sure this guy has died about 15 times already this year alone,” @Alfie_Tyler wrote.

“How many times is Prince Philip going to be resurrected from the dead?” @EmiEleode added.