Uncovered truths, or a load of tosh?
What do you believe?
Welcome to WatchMojo UK and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top 10
British conspiracy theories!
For this list, we’re ranking the strangest,
most significant and most popular conspiracy
theories which are predominantly based on
people, places, events and things in the UK.
As part of one of the world’s biggest boybands,
Louis Tomlinson is used to intense public
scrutiny.
However, when he became a dad in 2016, the
hysteria hit another level.
#BabyGate erupted on social media, as followers
tried to prove that Louis’ son wasn’t
real, with the validity of various photos
examined and offered as evidence.
The reason for the fake?
Theories range from it giving Tomlinson an
easy out from the group, to it being an elaborate
cover-up of his relationship with Harry Styles.
As lyricist and guitarist for Manic Street
Preachers, and a frank and open speaker on
depression and self-harm, Richey Edwards was
already a cult icon when he disappeared in
1995.
Investigators surmised that he’d committed
suicide by jumping from the Severn Bridge,
but his official status wasn’t changed from
‘missing person’ to ‘presumed dead’
until 2008.
And there have been plenty of supposed sightings.
From India to the Canary Islands, some fans
still believe that Richey faked his death
to escape his fame.
Anyone who’s wrestled with “The Canterbury
Tales” at school might feel a smidge aggrieved
with Chaucer.
But some suggest the pioneering poet was actually
the victim of a murder plot.
And by the Archbishop of Canterbury, no less.
The idea mostly comes from a book by Terry
Jones, who’s better known for Monty Python.
True, Jones puts a comical spin on the concept,
but there is very little known about Chaucer’s
death.
His name just stops appearing in records.
Ominous, mysterious or fabricated?
You decide.
To Tudor Times, and the Virgin Queen.
Or should that be King?
It all starts with Bram Stoker, who included
the Bisely Boy legend in his book, “Famous
Imposters”.
So the story goes, Princess Elizabeth visited
Bisely in the 1540s, to escape the plague
in London.
But, she died anyway.
Her governess replaced Liz with a lad, in
a bid to escape the famous wrath of her father,
Henry VIII.
It worked, and the arrangement stuck.
Remember, she was famous for her wig collection.
And there was no post-mortem when she died.
Alien theories are typically an American expertise,
but why shouldn’t a UFO rock up in the UK?
Suffolk’s Rendlesham Forest was front page
news in December 1980, when it played host
to a series of unexplained lights and noises.
Multiple sightings were reported, with most
coming from nearby RAF Woodbridge, which housed
the US Air Force at the time.
From flashing signals to scorched trees, supposed
landing spots and continuous light beams,
it ticked every extra-terrestrial box.
But still no little green men, unfortunately.
To 
a global conspiracy born in England, and perhaps
one of the world’s wildest theories.
David Icke was a BBC sports pundit before
his career took a dramatic change of direction
in the early ‘90s.
Having appeared on “Wogan”, and suggesting
he was a descendant of God, Icke set about
uncovering the truth of our existence, concluding
that we are controlled by a race of shape-shifting,
Illuminati reptilians.
From the Royal Family to world leaders, bankers,
broadcasters and celebrities, there’s a
select few pulling all the strings.
Twilight music, please.
More than 1,500 people perished on Titanic
in 1912, but some say it never sunk at all.
Or at least that particular ship didn’t.
Publishing in ’98, shortly after James Cameron’s
blockbuster, Robin Gardiner proposes that
the doomed vessel was really its sister ship,
Olympic, which was subject to a massive insurance
claim.
As the ships were almost identical, the swap
would’ve been easy.
While another theory says that JP Morgan arranged
the disaster to eliminate his rivals who were
travelling on-board, controversy continues
to surround 
the story.
He’s one of history’s best-known Britons,
but could Shakespeare be a sham?
Some say he couldn’t possibly have penned
his plays, with the likes of Mark Twain and
Sigmund Freud suggesting that other writers
were probably responsible.
Citing Shakespeare’s modest background,
discrepancies between his signatures and similarities
with other poets, the naysayers believe that
the Bard was but a front.
Christopher Marlowe or Francis Bacon are the
most popular alternatives.
To believe or not to believe, that 
is the question.
A hot bed for conspiracy theorists, some say
the Fab Four never existed at all; that they
were just a conveyor belt of trendy actors.
But the best Beatles theory centres on Paul,
who supposedly died in a car crash, in 1966.
Paul was then replaced with the winner of
a lookalike contest, to avoid the agony of
fans.
Prescribers to the legend say clues are hidden
in lyrics and on album covers, or they’re
heard when certain Beatles tracks are played
backwards.
Perhaps it’s time to let it be?
Before we unveil our top pick, here are a
few honorable mentions.
Diana’s death shocked the world in August
1997.
The cries of conspiracy were almost immediate.
Accusations of murder were aimed at MI6 and
parts of the Royal Family, with questions
raised over a lack of CCTV, an unusually slow
journey to the hospital, and a white hatchback,
seemingly involved in the crash but never
seen again – the owner of the car committed
suicide three years later.
The motive?
Diana’s supposed engagement to the Egyptian
producer, Dodi Fayed – according 
to Dodi’s father, at least.
