The Royal Family have been directly linked to reptiles as ancestors in a bizarre conspiracy theory.
Queen Elizabeth II and other family members were once branded shapeshifting aliens by an ex journalist,
“The royal family has been a magnet for conspiracy theories, in part because they occupy the top position in our society and yet are shrouded in a degree of mystery and ancient ritual,” says investigative historian Tony McMahon, author of the upcoming book The Knights Templar. “
The pomp and ceremony set them apart from the rest of us and so, unsurprisingly, some people have deduced they must be shapeshifting aliens! Their aloofness is because they are not actually human.”
originate? “In 1998, the ex-BBC presenter turned New Age philosopher David Icke claimed in a book titled The Biggest Secret that members of the royal family were reptiles with crowns,” McMahon says. Some people have even claimed the royals blink in a “lizard-like manner.”
Since then, “the lizard theory has become bound up with ancient mythologies and science fiction,” he says. “There are different variations, with one being that the royal family are reptilian extraterrestrials from a constellation called Draco.”