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Queen Elizabeth wasn't the rightful leader -

A theory dating back centuries claims that Queen Elizabeth was not the rightful heir to the throne and shouldn't have been queen.

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Queen Elizabeth wasn't the rightful leader - Legend has is that five centuries ago her ancestor King Edward IV was secretly an illegitimate child born after his mother had an affair.

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Queen Elizabeth wasn't the rightful leader -

Genealogists supposedly discovered this and claimed that Michael Edward Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, a British-Australian farmer, was the rightful heir to the throne.

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The Queen Mother was illegitimate -

A questionable biography written about Queen Elizabeth's mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, claims that she was actually the daughter of the family cook.

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The Queen Mother was illegitimate - The book claims that Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon's mother couldn't have any more children, so the cook was called in as a kind of surrogate. This would mean that Queen Elizabeth was descended from a French cook rather than a countess.

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The Queen had an affair - The popular Netflix series 'The Crown' highlighted the close relationship the Queen had with one of her court members. This reignited theories that their relationship was more than platonic.

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The Queen had an affair -

Lord Porchester, nicknamed "Porchie," shared the Queen's love of horses and managed her stables. The pair were close friends for decades.

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The Queen had an affair -

Some claim that Lord Porchester is the real father of Prince Andrew!

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The Queen was a lizard -

One of the weirdest and yet most popular conspiracy theories about Queen Elizabeth was that she was secretly an evil reptile.

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The Queen was a lizard -

The theory began with former BBC broadcaster David Icke. He has become notorious for his theory that all of the most powerful members of society are in fact alien lizards who are insidiously enslaving the human race.

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The Queen was a member of the Illuminati -

Icke is also one of the biggest promoters of the Illuminati theory. In his mind, this fabled secret society of the rich and famous is naturally made up of powerful alien lizards.

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The Queen was a member of the Illuminati -

Both the lizard and Illuminati theories have a common theme. They claim that the power of Queen Elizabeth and the other royals was maintained thanks to a secret network of powerful individuals orchestrating world events behind the scenes.

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The Queen was Lucille Ball -

One of the most outlandish theories is that the Queen was in fact Lucille Ball!

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The Queen was Lucille Ball -

The idea came from one online conspiracy theorist who believes that all world leaders are decoys played by actors.

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The Queen was Lucille Ball -

The Queen's very vague likeness to the Hollywood icon was enough to ignite the imaginations of a few oddballs online, despite the fact that Lucille Ball died in 1989.

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The Queen planned Diana's death - The marriage between now-King Charles and Lady Diana Spencer was one of the biggest public relations disasters for the royal family in recent history.

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The Queen planned Diana's death - After their divorce, Diana began dating a man called Dodi Fayed. They were both killed in a car accident, but some say it was no accident at all.

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The Queen planned Diana's death -

It was always speculated that the Queen disliked Diana. However, the theories that she plotted her death say her aim was to prevent any member of the royal family from marrying a Muslim man.

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The Queen was a Nazi -

A strange royal family home video from 1933 was released to the press in 2015, sparking theories that the Queen was a Nazi.

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The Queen is a Nazi -

In the video, a five-year-old Elizabeth is being shown how to do a Nazi salute by her uncle, Edward VIII. Edward was allegedly a Nazi sympathizer.

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The Queen was a Nazi -

Despite some unfortunate family ties, there is no evidence to support this theory except for the video of her unknowingly giving the salute at five years of age.

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The Queen died six years ago -

In 2016, the Queen was absent from her royal duties for a while due to illness. She even missed her yearly speech on Christmas Day.

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The Queen died in 2016 -

A few days later, a Twitter account made to look like the official BBC page tweeted that the Queen had died, and word spread quickly!

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The Queen died in 2016 - Although it was confirmed to be a hoax and she continued to appear in public shortly after that, naturally there are still those who believe she died in 2016 and was replaced with a double. We wonder what they think now...

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What next? -

Conspiracy theories are fun to read, but how about some interesting facts about the late Queen that are actually true? Check out Queen's Elizabeth life in pictures.

Sources:(Business Insider) (Reader's Digest) (TheRichest) (BBC) (Time) (Express)

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