US news shows town crier's "official" announcement of royal baby birth – except he's not official at all

But there was a slight problem: the crier, Tony Appleton from Chelmsford, actually has nothing to do with Kensington Palace or the royal family.

Despite Appleton showing up to every major royal announcement since 2013, often drawing cheers and dozens of press photographers, he is not actually part of the official process for announcing a royal birth.

However, that didn't stop US broadcaster CBS leading their coverage with footage of Appleton delivering the "official proclamation" of the royal birth. The video has since been removed from Twitter, but the video below shows how CBS This Morning announced the news.

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https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/988397440939282433

Many people on twitter were ready to point out the mistake…

Although others said it’s exactly the sort of thing us Brits might do…

https://twitter.com/joncstone/status/988401587583442946

https://twitter.com/jessbrammar/status/988402374850080768

So, all in all, it's a fair mistake to make. But as long as you remember that beefeaters eat beef exclusively and that the Black Rod is only an inanimate black carbon rod then we'll let you off.