The former professional goalkeeper revived his infamous theory that the Windsors are descended from reptilian aliens on the BBC1 political TV show This Week during an interview with Andrew Neil.

Mr Icke, a household name as a co-presenter of the BBC’s flagship Saturday sports show Grandstand in the 1980s, created shockwaves in 1991 when he came out as the “Son of the Godhead”.

He went on to accuse certain public figures of being satanic paedophiles.

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LONDON, United Kingdom (Express) – David Icke came out as a believer of a conspiracy theory that 13 historical families, including the Windsors, were shape shifters who run all finances, politics, and religion across the globe.

But Mr Icke who goes on world tours with his views and runs a website “Exposing the Dreamworld” from his home on the Isle of Wight, was believed to have toned down some of his views in recent years.

Although subscribing to a number of long standing conspiracy theories, such as the belief that 9/11 was an inside job, he had entered mainstream political debate after releasing a video urging for the Labour Party to support a Brexit from Europe.

But in an awkward clash with Mr Neil, the former TV presenter confirmed he still holds some pretty out there beliefs.

Mr Neil asked him if he still believed the royals were shape-shifting lizards, to which Mr Icke replied: “Yes I do.”

But Mr Icke maintained believing in such a theory should not undermine his other, more mainstream arguments, and claimed there was evidence and the theory ran deeper than the headline story.

He said: “If you deliver it in one line, the world’s run by reptiles, you go ‘that’s crazy’ – immediate reflex action.

“But when you see the back story and the evidence to support this, ancient modern, you see that throwaway line in a completely different context.”

Former Tory MP Michael Portillo, a This Week regular, handed Icke some partial support by referencing how the notion police were corrupt in connection with Hillsborough was once a conspiracy theory – but had now been proven – who said there had after all been a conspiracy over the football ground.

But Mr Portillo then slammed “intellectually lazy” willing latch on to any conspiracy theory because of their distrust of the authorities.

Mr Icke went on to argue 9/11 was an inside job.

He said: “Of course it was. There is a network that works through government agencies, through organisations like the CIA, to push an agenda on the world which is unfolding by the day.”

He said David Cameron is “misleading the public” about the effects of a Brexit and reminded how Tony Blair “lied” about WMD in Iraq.

He said: “Those very same people gave us the official story of 9/11.”

Mr Neil argued most of the time “it turns out c**k-up is a better explanation than conspiracy”.