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Laurence Fox's new girlfriend is a conspiracy theorist podcaster and reputed anti-vaxxer who has claimed the moon landings were faked, 9/11 was an inside job, climate change is a 'smokescreen' and Jeffrey Epstein was 'popped' after Prince Andrew's Newsnight interview.
Elizabeth 'Liz' Barker, who was seen accompanying Fox to the High Court today for the start of a libel trial, describes herself on Instagram as a model, body double and stuntwoman. She was born in America but now lives in the UK.
She regularly appears on Elite Thinking Club, a 'critical thinking' fringe podcast that touts itself as a 'show dedicated to critical thinking' but airs wild conspiracy theories including the idea Princess Diana was murdered on the orders of the Queen.
Asked in an episode on the theory of evolution whether humans are descended from apes, she replied: 'I think that's what we're made to believe and that is what we should be believing [sic] but I don't think that is. No. I think we come from another race.'
Barker also claims that financier Epstein was killed following Prince Andrew's Newsnight interview - but Epstein died in August 2019, three months before the Duke of York's excruciating interview with Emily Maitlis took place.
Laurence Fox, arriving at the High Court with his new girlfriend, Liz Barker. He is being sued over a row on X, formerly Twitter, in October 2020
Fox has shared images of himself with Ms Barker on social media, including this selfie from September
Ms Barker has shared images of herself wearing a t-shirt reading 'I will not comply' - a common rallying call among anti-government conspiracy theorists
Wearing the same t-shirt, Ms Barker waves a sign that appears to show support for the so-called 'Blade Runners' who vandalised ULEZ cameras earlier this year
Ms Barker pictured in Laurence Fox's home in a photo posted to X, formerly Twitter
Ms Barker has previously shaken off 'anti-vaxxer' labels, telling one user on X, formerly Twitter: 'To be labelled anti vaxx because I made a choice not to have something, is fine by me'
She has openly admitted to refusing to get vaccinated during the coronavirus pandemic, telling a user on X, formerly Twitter: 'To be labelled anti vaxx because I made a choice not to have something, is fine by me.'
The Elite Thinking Podcast's YouTube channel has 500 subscribers, and began posting episodes three years ago with a single host, Chris Jules Julien.
Barker began appearing in episodes at the start of 2021, at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, and was quick to begin sharing radical views on topics commonly up for debate in conspiracy theory circles.
Julien's TikTok channel, where he posts clips from the podcast, has nearly 35,000 followers.
The show is available on a number of mainstream podcasting platforms, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
In a video on conspiracies surrounding the Royal Family, shared in February 2021, Barker claimed Jeffrey Epstein was killed because of his links with Prince Andrew.
The disgraced financier died in prison in August 2019 in what was ruled to be a suicide; he had been arrested on suspicion of sex trafficking shortly before his death, prompting a raft of theories suggesting he had been murdered.
She said in the podcast: 'The minute Prince Andrew had to do that interview that was it, Jeffrey was going to be popped. Because he's royalty - and you mess with the royals you ain't going to come out alive are you.'
However, the interview itself was only recorded in November 2019, three months after Epstein died.
In March 2021, Barker appeared to suggest that the September 11 attacks had 'grey areas' of unanswered questions, making apparent references to a theory popular among conspiracists that heat from jet fuel couldn't have melted the World Trade Centre's steel construction.
In an episode entitled 'The truth behind 911', Barker claims to have seen a 'different perspective' on the al-Qaeda-orchestrated attack after visiting the US.
She said: 'Being around American people I was hearing about these grey areas which wasn't on the media [sic]. Things like the fuel, the steel, about the building and the way it came down.'
She added that her father appeared to suggest the attacks had been a so-called 'false flag' operation to justify the US invasion of Afghanistan.
Simon Blake (left), Nicola Thorp and Colin Seymour (right) arriving at the Royal Courts Of Justice this morning
Mr Fox called Mr Blake and the former RuPaul's Drag Race contestant, whose real name is Colin Seymour, 'paedophiles'. They have now issued libel proceedings against him
Ms Barker has used her podcast platform to disseminate conspiracy theories about the royal family, the September 11 attacks and the Moon landings
Laurence Fox pictured with Elizabeth Barker at hustings ahead of the Uxbridge by-election in July. He lost his deposit after securing just 714 votes
Laurence Fox with Elizabeth Baxter at the Paul Strank Roofing Charity Gala 2023, held at the Royal Garden Hotel in London in September
Ms Barker continued: 'My dad was an ex-military man. I told him I was petrified on the flight and he told me I would be fine.
'I got there and he told me they need to warrant having a war - this was their warrant. This was their way of getting all of us to say ''yes, go get them''.
'So I came back
