Buckingham Palace are considering taking legal action after it emerged fake books written by AI discussing King Charles’s health were on sale on Amazon.
The Palace slammed the books, calling them “intrusive and insensitive” for speculating about the King’s cancer and publishing false information.
An investigation by the Mail on Sunday found that the internet giant was selling seven different sham biographies claiming to have inside knowledge about the diagnosis, which were being sold alongside genuine royal authors.
A Palace spokesperson said last night: “Any such titles speculating about His Majesty’s diagnosis and treatment are intrusive, insensitive and filled with inaccuracies. Our legal team will be looking at the issue closely.
“Our legal team will be looking at the issue closely. We call on any individuals or organisations facilitating their sale to withdraw them immediately.”
Amazon has removed several of the books from sale after the discovery was made, however some were still available to buy as of Saturday night.
All of them were penned by unknown authors and uploaded onto the website via the self-publishing function, with no way of verifying the names.
Friend of the King’s Lord Michael Dobbs, who shares a birthday with the monarch, said: “This intrusion on the King’s privacy when he is sick and suffering shows just how low some will stoop.
“Why is this rubbish still on sale? Amazon is a great firm, it can – and must – do better than this.”
Royal biographer Hugo Vickers added: “It’s in extremely bad taste for these books to be published by Amazon, especially as they share unhelpful misinformation.
“This will inevitably be upsetting for the Royal Family. These AI books should be regulated and labelled, so we know they are irresponsible publications rather than well-researched, legitimate works.”
