What do the COVID-19 vaccine, superstar musician Prince and lizards have to do with Queen Elizabeth II? Nothing. But conspiracy theorists claim otherwise. Here are five claims we've debunked so far.
Queen Elizabeth II is photographed during a parade in the gardens of the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, June 28, 2022. What do the COVID-19 vaccine, superstar musician Prince and lizards have to do with Queen Elizabeth II? After the news broke Sept. 8 about the queen's death, social media erupted with baseless rumors — some wacky enough to make us do a double-take. Here are five we've debunked so far.
have shared the unfounded claim that she has been linked to pedophilia, the claim has no basis in reality. We’re referring to the purple-attired American music legend, not one of Elizabeth’s family members. A Sept. 8 Instagram postthat Prince, who died April 21, 2016 — which is also Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday — was put to death as a birthday gift.
That’s wildly false. Prince died from an accidental drug overdose. Health officials in Minnesota, where he died, ruled that he had unknowingly taken a counterfeit Vicodin that was laced with fentanyl. Elizabeth was in a different country, makingQueen Elizabeth II did not die from the COVID-19 vaccineAfter Queen Elizabeth II’s death, unfounded rumors on Twitter said she had been poisoned by the vaccine. — there was no mention of the COVID-19 vaccine when her death was announced.