Claim: Boris Johnson said he wishes he'd been born in the middle ages when he could behead peasants and have sex with a "stable boy".
Fact-check: No evidence Boris Johnson said he wanted to "lop the heads off of smelly peasants" - Full Fact
Verdict: there is no evidence boris johnson said this. there is no record or archive of this quote beyond non-attributable facebook and twitter posts.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Tom Norton
Date published: 2021-02-25T00:00:00