Princess Fatima Elizabeth Wales Windsor: Real Royalty or Sloppy Scammer?

Princess Fatima Elizabeth Wales Windsor is a name that has been on the tip of the tongues of many social media users over the last few weeks. Posts featuring a blonde-haired and blue-eyed woman claiming to be a member of the British royal family have perplexed internet users. Who is she? How is she related to the King of England and why is she posting these videos? Is she even real, or just another artificially generated influencer? Read on for all the answers!

The earliest mentions of a Fatima Elizabeth Wales Windsor can be found on TikTok in April 2020, posted by an account named @FatimaElizabethWales. Realms of clips of pretty blonde women have been uploaded to the page over the past three years, all with the simple title of “Princess Fatima Elizabeth Wales” placed over the front.

However, it wasn’t until Fatima Elizabeth Wales hit Instagram under the title @fatimawales that she caught the attention of the internet at large. On July 4, an Instagram reel appeared that hit 10 million plays. Since then, Fatima Elizabeth Wales has climbed to a whopping 371,000 followers and has attracted hundreds of confused comments.

Is Princess Fatima Elizabeth Wales Windsor real?

This is the main question asked in the comment sections of her viral reels. Whilst the videos can appear realistic when simply scrolling on a for you page, when you click on her profile the answer soon becomes obvious.

Princess Fatima Elizabeth Wales Windsor is not real.

Just take a look at the collection of faces from her Instagram. Whilst they are all labelled as her, they are completely different women! The clips used on the account are all stolen from elsewhere, reminiscent of the femme fatale aesthetic videos that were popular last year.

You can sometimes see the text used on the video by the initial poster such as in this clip from a reel below. Beneath the “Princess Fatima Elizabeth Wales Windsor” you can see the original caption of the video. “POV you found the perfect formal dress” is written in small font.

The clips used come from a range of sources: from influencers to an AI-generated face on top of another image to 90s catwalk models. They also often have Portuguese text on them, suggesting that the original creator of the fictional princess is someone from Portugal inspired by the British royal family.

Why create Princess Fatima Elizabeth Wales Windsor?

The individual managing the account has refrained from commenting on the reasons behind the creation of the princess. The account is labelled on Instagram as a “personal blog”; however the TikTok is titled a “blogueira empresária criativa”. In English, this translates to a “Creative Business Blogger”.

This seems to suggest that the princess is a form of art project potentially. Alternatively, it could simply be a way of using conventionally attractive women and stolen content to gain traction and followers, with the hope of converting this to monetary gain further down the line.

Regardless, the aims of the individual behind the character are unknown for now.

Potential inspiration behind Princess Fatima Elizabeth Wales Windsor

There are several potential sources of inspiration in the British Royal Family for the creator behind the Princess Fatima Elizabeth Wales Windsor account. The first could be the reason behind the frequent use of runway models on the account.

Lady Amelia Windsor, born in 1995, is a British fashion model and member of the royal family. She is 43rd in the line of succession. Most importantly, she has her own Instagram account, just like the fictional Fatima Elizabeth Wales Windsor.

Another figure who may have inspired the account is the Christian Virgin Mary, who is also known as Our Lady of Fatima. Interspersed between the stolen clips of blond girls are short clips of Christian iconography, suggesting a potential religious influence behind the character.

The account seems to merge the concepts of the British royal family with “Elizabeth Wales Windsor” referencing the late Queen of England’s family and Christian doctrine through the first name “Fatima”.

It’s an interesting and rather confusing crossover. It mixes one of the most famous royal families in the world with royalty in Christian doctrine. If we take we take an intellectual perspective, it could be a comment on the importance of religion in underling the royal right to rule. This can be seen in phenomena such as the Divine Right of Kings.

But maybe that’s going too far. It could be that it’s just a strange piece of experimental art online or an odd passion project.

Other royal impostors

Princes Fatima Wales Windsor isn’t the first royal imposter. In the 1920s, scores of imposters cropped up claiming to be members of the murdered Romanov family, who were the Russian royal family. For example, Anna Anderson claimed to be their young daughter Anastasia.

But pretending to be royal is nothing new. Those familiar with English history will know that during the early Tudor period, Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck both pretended to be sons of the former king, Edward IV. This was in an attempt to take the throne off of Henry VII due to their higher position in the line of succession.

However, like Princess Fatima Wales Windsor, some royal imposters have made up completely fictional individuals to pose as. For example, in the 19th century, a young Englishwoman named Mary Baker posed as a member of royalty from a fictional island called Javasu in the Indian Ocean. She called herself “Princess Caraboo”, spoke a made-up language and insisted on sleeping on the floor. Eventually, she was discovered when a previous employer recognised her picture in newspapers reporting on the exotic princess’ arrival.

Whether by using Artificial Intelligence or more traditional means, it seems that impersonating royalty is nothing new. Princess Fatima Elizabeth Wales Windsor is just one new addition to a long list of impersonators. However, it will be interesting to see if with social media, royal impersonators like her will grow even more convincing and difficult to detect.