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           The strangest conspiracy                      Stonehenge but not the wheel is anyone’s Princess Diana was assassinated
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           theories: from Diana and                                                                      Another conspiracy involving the British royal

            Elvis to Meghan Markle                       Reptilian Elite                                 family centres around the theory that Princess
                                                                                                         Diana did not die by accident in Paris in 1997,
                                                         The ”reptoid hypothesis“ is a conspiracy theory but was deliberately murdered.
                  Continued from Page 67                 which advances the argument that reptilian             Numerous investigations, experts and an
                                                         humanoids live among us with the intention of inquest have all agreed with the official account
                 They surveyed hundreds of experts in    enslaving the human race. It has been of events: that the Princess of Wales was killed
          contrails as well as those who study atmospheric  championed by former BBC sports presenter because of the “grossly negligent” driving of her
          deposition (how various chemicals fall to the  David Icke, who believes the likes of Bob Hope, chauffeur Henri Paul, who had been drinking.
          ground from the air), presenting them with the  members of the royal family and former US             Conspiracists, however, believe what
          so-called evidence provided on various         presidents George W Bush and Bill Clinton are happened was not a tragic accident but rather a
          chemtrail websites asking them to evaluate it.  part of the ”Anunnaki“ race who came to earth hit carried out by agents of the British state.
                 In the end, 77 scientists reported back,  for ”monatomic gold“.                                The then Harrods-owner Mohamed al-
          “and the results were not terribly surprising”         Critics accused Icke of anti-Semitism, Fayed, whose son Dodi died in the crash,
          says New Scientist, with 98.7% (76 out of 77) of  alleging that his talk of reptiles was code for claimed the killings were ordered because the
          the scientists saying they had encountered no  Jews – but he clarified that the lizards to which royal family did not want the mother of the
          evidence of a secret large-scale atmospheric   he referred were literal, not metaphorical.     future king having a child with his son who was
          programme.                                                                                     a Muslim.
                 However, that still leaves one expert who Prince Charles is a vampire                          “Helped by the Daily Express, those
          did not agree with the majority consensus – and                                                conspiracies were so convincing and so
          that may be enough for conspiracy theorists.           Like all good conspiracy theories, this  widespread that the Met Police were forced to
                                                         one has some basis in fact.                     launch Operation Paget, an inquiry to establish
          Aliens helped build Stonehenge                         According to genealogy records, Prince  whether there was any truth in the theories,” The
                                                         Charles is believed to descend from  Vlad the   Independent reports. It lasted years, cost
          The series of boulders that make up Stonehenge  Impaler, the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s     millions of pounds and ultimately found no
          have long puzzled experts and provided material  Dracula. First revealed in Iain Moncreiffe’s  foundation for the claims.
          ripe for conspiracy theorists.                 1982 book Royal Highness, the Prince can trace         Nevertheless, a 2013 YouGov poll found
                 Most pertinent is the question: how were  his lineage back through his great grandmother  that 38% of the British people still believe Diana
          the stones - some weighing 50 tons - transported  Queen Mary, the consort of George V, to Vlad  was assassinated.
          and arranged to where they sit today?          IV, the half-brother of the notorious ruler.           A new survey by international polling
                 Without basic transportation technology,        The heir to the throne has even appeared  firm IFOP found that this is roughly similar to
          such as wheels (which were invented more than  in a promotional video for the Romanian         the percentage of the French public, although it
          five centuries after Stonehenge is believed to  National Tourist Office, joking “Transylvania is  pales in comparison to the nearly six out of ten
          have been built), there is no obvious answer to  in my blood”.                                 self-professed gilets jaunes who think Diana’s
          how the biggest stones were moved.                     In 2017, it was reported that Charles had  death was a “masked murder”.
                 Much of what scientists do know about   even been offered the honorific title of ‘Prince       “The astonishingly high figure among
          the construction of Stonehenge is from educated  of  Transylvania’ because of his links to the  ‘yellow vests’ was part of a study looking at ten
          guesses and constantly evolving research, the  region and promotion of  Transylvania as a      conspiracy theories widely circulated on social
          newest of which suggests that in fact two of the  tourist destination.                         media since the start of the movement in mid-
          largest boulders that make up Stonehenge have          All this has proved fertile ground for  November,” says The Daily Telegraph.
          always been “more or less” where they sit today.   conspiracy theorists who claim, like the rest of   “It found that 40% of ‘gilets jaunes’
                 Alternatively of course, scientists could  the royal family, Prince Charles is not all that he  believed in at least half of the theories. In most
          shun the research and read Erich von Däniken’s  seems and may in fact have more in common      cases, they were more than twice as likely to
          seminal book Chariots of the Gods?, “which     with his infamous ancestor than just a drop of  believe a theory than the national average.”
          makes the argument that many ancient           blood.
          megastructures such as Stonehenge, the                 Harper’s Bazaar says that one of the                           (Continued on Page 70)
          Egyptian pyramids, and the Moai heads of       reasons this theory carries weight is because the              CHECK OUT
          Easter Island were built using know-how passed  disease Porphyria is present amongst the royals.   THE ‘X’ ZONE TV CHANNEL
          down from God-like aliens to mankind”, says    Porphyria is an iron-deficiency disease that            “Searching For Answers,
          The Independent.                               makes skin sensitive to sunlight.                        Demanding The Truth”
                 Though why the extraterrestrials would          “Spooky” says New Idea.
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