Man Wants Queen Elizabeth’s DNA Sample, Asks That His Royal Bloodline Be Recognized

A man who claims to be an illegitimate grandson of King Edward VIII is trying to sue the royal family for allegedly ignoring his blood ties to Queen Elizabeth. He is also requesting a DNA sample from the Queen to prove their relations.

While the English criminal law does not allow anyone to prosecute the royal family or sue them in civil courts, a man recently made a bold move to take on Buckingham Palace. The man, already a pensioner, claims that an illicit tryst caused his family to be cut from the royal bloodline in the early 1900s.

Francois Graftieaux, 73, is reportedly suing the royal family for losing his own family out on wealth, title and lands because their predecessors buried their bloodline in history books. The man claims that it took him a while to make the move because his late father had absolutely no interest in financial compensation.

Now Graftieaux wants royal history to officially recognize his bloodline. According to reports, he even requested a DNA sample from Queen Elizabeth, but the Palace didn’t honor his request, so he’s bringing civil action against Buckingham Palace itself.

“In the 1900s, the true line of succession was unlawfully concealed to block the Graftieauxs from their place in history,” he said. “Whilst my father and I would have had no direct claim to the throne on account of Edward’s abdication, which also precluded his descendants from becoming King, the Graftieauxs would have become nobility at the very least,” he added.

Graftieaux claims that his father, Pierre-Edouard, was born out of an affair between the then Prince of Wales and his French seamstress grandmother Marie-Leonie Graftieaux. Considering that, he claims that his father was the rightful heir to the throne but never became king because of King Edward VIII’s abdication, which was allegedly triggered by pressure from the Palace and the British government.

“As the last of my family of Graftieauxs, I will take whatever action is possible and necessary to protect our legacy and to shed light on one of the greatest royal sex scandals in living memory,” he said.

Just recently, Graftieaux wrote another letter to Buckingham Palace requesting for Queen Elizabeth’s DNA sample for the third time. In his letter, he maintained that he’s not asking the Palace for money, title or power, but he’s asking them to ascertain the identity of his grandfather and the circumstances surrounding the birth of his father.

“If the Palace again refuses to cooperate, which I strongly suspect it will, then I am happy to seek legal advice and let what amounts to the largest royal sex scandal in history play out in public through the courts,” he wrote.