Newspaper Article On Hamlet's Death

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King Hamlet, Dead at Age 48
DENMARK- This morning, Castle Elsinore announced that king of Denmark, King Hamlet, quietly passed away in his sleep yesterday: Thursday, November the 11th at 4:09pm.

The king’s early death is being investigated to the fullest ability of the police, however it is being treated as a non suspicious death due to the fact the only people in the castle at the time were family.

The King, 48, was married to Queen Gertrude and was father to Prince Hamlet, who is currently studying in England, but it is reported that he is on his way home for the funeral.

“I am devastated” said the Queen. “I don’t think I will get over this for at least a few months, but the best thing we can do is move on”.

The King’s brother, Claudius,

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