King Arthur in all his glory (Picture: SWNS)

A former biker who claims to be the reincarnation of King Arthur has crossed swords with Facebook, after they deleted his account because they don’t believe he is real.

Johnny Rothwell, 61, calls himself King Arthur Uther Pendragon – and claims that he is Britain’s Druid king.

He even changed his name by deed poll in 1986, and his mythical title features on his passport and driving license.

But Arthur is a modern kind of knight, and uses Facebook to keep in touch with his group of druid followers, The Loyal Arthurian Warband.


However, he claims that Facebook keep deleting his account – and believes that rival druids are complaining because they are unhappy after he protested plans to ban alcohol from the Stonehenge summer solstice.

He said: ‘Facebook steadfastly refuse to believe I am Arthur Pendragon.



‘I am back up and running for as long as it takes the ‘idiots druids’ and the idiot Facebook to pull me down again.

‘But guess what – every time they pull me down I bounce back.

‘I really don’t know what Facebook know that HM Government, who issued the documents, don’t.’

Arthur also claims that he provided Facebook with his driving license and passport to prove his identity, but was told that the documents were fake.

When he contacted the Facebook help centre, he was told: ‘We can’t help with your request because we’ve determined the ID you provided isn’t real.

‘Facebook requires everyone to represent their authentic identity, so you always know who you’re connecting with.

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‘Please respond to this email with a valid ID so that we can help you.’

Arthur says that he first realised that he was the reincarnation of King Arthur in the 1980’s – and has since been proclaimed as the ‘Raised Druid King of Britain.’