On social media and Arab media, publications and news spread regarding the connection of Queen Elizabeth II’s lineage with the Prophet Muhammad, but these news are inaccurate according to various historical sources.
This news was used by a newspaper report.Daily MailThe British newspaper on April 6, 2018, but the report conveyed the viewpoint of a “Moroccan newspaper” at the time, and spoke of the opinion of the former Grand Mufti of Egypt, Ali Gomaa, on this subject, describing the conversations regarding Queen Elizabeth’s lineage as “different.”
What is the truth?
Those rumors circulating regarding the connection of the Queen’s lineage with the Prophet Muhammad, are not new, and have been circulated previously in more than one place.
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That rumor first appeared in 1986 when genealogist Berk Berg claimed that “the lineage of Elizabeth II can be traced back to the Muslim kings of Spain and through them to the Prophet Muhammad,” but that “those claims have not been proven,” according to the newspaper.The Times” British.
In the same year, the writer, Harold Brooks Baker, cited those rumors, in a letter to former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, asking her to “improve security for the royal family,” according to the agency.UPI“.
Buckingham Palace issued a statement at the time to clarify that Baker “does not know any members of the royal family”, and confirmed that “his statements were made without knowledge or authority,” according to the newspaper “The Telegraph”.
The Times reported that “officials have paid little attention in the past” to Baker’s allegations.
After Baker’s death in 2005, the newspaper described him as “telegraphThe British, as an unreliable source, said: “His great advantage was that he was always available to make a striking comment, but his drawback was that he was often wrong.”
In March 2018, a Moroccan writer in an article for a local newspaper cited Baker’s sayings, claiming that “the Queen’s lineage can be traced back to the Prophet Muhammad,” which the newspaper described as “EconomistIn a report of her “allegations”.
Royal historian Hugo Vickers emphasized that he might not comment on the alleged link between the Queen and the Prophet Muhammad.
The British historian, who has authored several books on early Islam, Leslie Hazleton, described the allegations as “funny rumors that have no origin,” according to the website.historywho is concerned with the affairs of history.
Historians and genealogists have argued regarding the historical accuracy on which the claim was built, stressing the absence of “reliable historical evidence for these rumors,” according to the site.
