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01st Mar 2017

An American man is claiming to be the rightful King of England (and he’s serious)

He's going to great lengths to try and prove it, too

Katie Mythen-Lynch

It’s not every day somebody challenges the breeding of a reigning monarch, but an American gentleman appears to have done just that; taking out a large ad in The Times for his purpose.

Mr Allan V. Evans of Colorado, who claims to be a direct descendant of the last King of Wales, took out the advertisement to give notice that he plans to “further pursue an injustice of history by claiming by right the Throne and Sovereign Crown of Great Britain at Westminster”.

Spotted by David Mapstone of Sky News, the sizable ad lays out Mr Evans’ claim in great detail: