Among all classes, in England and abroad, gossip got under way that the Queen had children by Dudley — such rumours never quite ended for the rest of her life.

Profumo ended it after only a few weeks but rumours about the affair began to circulate.

These rumours ended with the death of the Prince Imperial in the Anglo-Zulu War on 1 June 1879.

Despite rumours of the couple heading for marriage in 2007, they ended their relationship in spring 2008.

The lack of corroborating evidence led to even more rumours after the war ended.

In describing the progress of his investigation, Knight reveals a series of coincidences: both Albert Victor's mother and Alice Crook were deaf ; both Albert Victor's mother and Walter Sickert were Danish ; Sickert is obsessed by the Ripper ; the murders ended with the death of Mary Kelly ; there was growing republican sentiment at the time of the murders, as well as anti-Catholic prejudice ; a woman named " Elizabeth Cook ", who Knight claims could be Annie Elizabeth Crook misspelt, did live at 6 Cleveland Street ; Annie Crook was institutionalised ; rumours of the time link Prince Albert Victor to a scandal in Cleveland Street ; Gull was fond of grapes, and one of the victims may have been eating some at the time of her death ; Gull matches the description of an unnamed physician accused by clairvoyant Robert James Lees, who claimed to have identified the Ripper by using psychic powers.

He ended all rumours in August 2006 by signing a one season loan deal with PSV Eindhoven, which was followed by a contract for three and a half years which would tie him to the Philips Stadion outfit until 2010.

Gilberto ended up playing the game in midfield though, with he and Wenger both denying rumours of a rift with each other.

" Bleed Like Me " ended up being the final single release from Bleed Like Me in North America when Garbage disbanded on a self-imposed hiatus following the completion of their Australian tour, despite rumours of a North American release for both " Sex Is Not the Enemy " and " It's All Over But the Crying ".

Two aspects of this attitude deserve to be mentioned: 1 ) he did not only study science from books, as other academics did in his day, but actually observed and experimented with nature ( the rumours starting by those who did not understand this are probably at the source of Albert's supposed connections with alchemy and witchcraft ), 2 ) he took from Aristotle the view that scientific method had to be appropriate to the objects of the scientific discipline at hand ( in discussions with Roger Bacon, who, like many 20th century academics, thought that all science should be based on mathematics ).

The rumours about prosecution of sighthounds in post-revolutionary Russia is a legend of modern time, possibly based on similar incidents in Maoist China.

Beforehand various rumours arose including plans to return to ground-sharing with QPR in a new 40, 000 seater White City stadium, although these now appear firmly on hold with the construction of the Westfield shopping centre on the proposed site.

For reasons unknown, Domitian briefly exiled Domitia, and then soon recalled her, either out of love or due to rumours that he was carrying on a relationship with his niece Julia Flavia.

There were rumours that Montfort's son Simon was planning an invasion of England from Normandy, and this was the hope that the rebels hung on to.

The reasons for his withdrawal are not known, but it may have been instigated by rumours of disloyalty on behalf of the general reaching the court.

Most of them had evidently been based on unsourced rumours relayed as fact by much later commentators, such as Jaubert ( 1656 ), Guynaud ( 1693 ) and Bareste ( 1840 ), on modern misunderstandings of the 16th century French texts, or on pure invention.

Although the British Army had established a base at King George Sound ( later Albany ) on the south coast of western Australia in 1826 in response to rumours that the area would be annexed by France, Perth was the first full-scale settlement by Europeans in the western third of the continent.

In a 9 December 2005 interview on Houston's Late Nite Snax radio show, Kool Keith confirmed rumours that the Ultramagnetic MC's had reformed and recorded a new album.

Although Olafr Haraldsson's ( later known as Olav the Holy ) army lost the battle, Christianity spread, partly on the strength of rumours of miraculous signs after his death.

* March 18 – " Romanian War Scare ": Virgil Tilea, the Romanian Minister in London, spreads false rumours that Romania is on the verge of a German attack.

Durant manipulated market prices on his stocks by spreading rumours about which railroads were to be connected to the Union Pacific.

After the newspaper The Sun published a story on 14 October 2011 citing that the Roses had signed for a series of gigs across the UK, rumours again began to circulate.

Concerned over rumours that Alexander III was about to enter into an alliance with the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I, in October 1166, he embarked on his fourth Italian campaign, hoping as well to secure the claim of Paschal III, and the coronation of his wife Beatrice as Holy Roman Empress.

A series of small shows were played in 2010, at 250-to 1, 000-capacity venues with the plan not to say who the band really are and just announce the shows as if they are a new band, Grant later hinted it was really Feeder to the fans on their website, which caused a series of rumours that suggested the band changed their name permanently, although " Some people got it straight away ", but as intended got people talking.

Howe dispelled rumours that Anderson was invited back to sing on the record, asserting that all studio recording was to be carried out by " the line-up that actually ... does the work.

Since the pentito himself is physically protected by the police, retribution on his family is common ; therefore, when there are rumours of a mafioso collaborating with the police, the family usually condemns that person immediately to avoid retaliation.

The French carried out raids on English coastal towns, leading to rumours in England of a full-scale French invasion.

After his death, Richard's body was put on public display in the old St Paul's Cathedral to prove to his supporters that he was truly dead, though this did not stop rumours from circulating for years after that he was still alive and waiting to take back his throne.

The conventional 20th-century view has been that Edward did die at Berkeley Castle, either murdered on Isabella's orders or of ill-health brought on by his captivity, and that subsequent accounts of his survival were simply rumours, similar to those that surrounded Joan of Arc and other near contemporaries after their deaths.

In February 2007, Aykroyd revealed that he would be providing voice-acting for a Ghostbusters III CGI project, though these rumours were clarified later on, that the CGI project was a next-gen video game that was currently in production.

; October 2009: Clashes: Palestinian protesters gathered at the site after rumours that an extreme Israeli group would harm the site, which the Israeli government denied.

According to contemporary rumours, probably current as early as 1829, Kaspar Hauser was the hereditary prince of Baden who was born 29 September 1812, and who, according to known history, died 16 October 1812.

On 4 October 2011, in the midst of rumours about his extra-marital affair with Shirley Yuen, his administrative assistant when he was finance secretary of Hong Kong, Henry Tang issued a statement, in which he admitted that he had made a mistake in his romantic life in the past and he deeply regretted it.

* 1793-In October, there are rumours that a French fleet is coming to retake Canada.

A Special Immigration Appeals Commission ( SIAC ) hearing on her case begun on 18 October 2011 was told by Zatuliveter about two diplomats from the Russian embassy she had met, including one known as “ Boris ” on whose business card she had written “ KGB ” as she had heard rumours he was a spy.

The rumours of the band's demised were confounded when, according to a blog post on The Village Voice's website posted on October 14, 2008, The Jealous Sound broke up in 2005, and the songs on the Got Friends EP were " the last shreds of material recorded a new album before Shehan went crazy and more or less disappeared.

Parliament truly believed that this plot was real, declaring, “ This House is of opinion that there hath been and still is a damnable and hellish plot contrived and carried out by the popish recusants for assigning and murdering the King .” Tonges was called to testify on October 25th, 1678 where he gave evidence on the Great Fire and, later, rumours of another similar plot.

In October 1995, 2 Unlimited released their first compilation album Hits Unlimited, prompting rumours that they were about to split up.

However, in October the band cancelled its appearance amid rumours that Biro had been sacked and Norton had also left or folded Superheist to form a new band with former members of Melbourne grindcore act Damaged.

There were rumours in September that Sirat and Mohaqiq had formed a pact with Qanuni, whilst Gailani and Aarian declared their support for Karzai on the last day of campaigning, October 6.

There were rumours that he may run for Mayor of Vaughan, Ontario in the October 25, 2010 municipal election following his retirement from the OPP.

* Tull: Tell us about coup rumours, NationNews, 4 October 2006

On Thursday 14 October 2010, Turner confirmed the rumours that he was indeed part of a bid to buy his boyhood team Sheffield Wednesday in a £ 15 million deal.

Although there was speculation that Nujoma would seek re-election as SWAPO President in 2007 and then run for President of Namibia again in 2009, he denied these rumours in early October 2007, saying that he intended to step down as party leader in favour of Pohamba.

He appeared on Syrian pro-Gaddafi television on 22 October claiming " I am in Libya, I am alive and free and willing to fight to the end and take revenge ", but his whereabouts were unknown and subject to many rumours.

In late October 2006, as a result of low crowd attendance at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland and continual poor on-field performances, rumours began to circulate that Football Federation Australia ( FFA ) was considering the possibility of revoking the Knights ' A-League licence and granting it to a new team that would be set to enter the competition in the 2007 – 08 season.

Despite this, in October 2007, rumours in the press reemerged that Gilberto was angry at Wenger for being asked to play in defence in a League Cup game against Sheffield United, and had resultantly refused to play.

On 12 October 1440 she died, and rumours spread that she had been poisoned by Sigismondo.

In October and November 2007, he denied rumours that he was being linked with managerless Premiership teams Wigan, Derby County and Championship team Norwich City.

The pentito Antonino Giuffrè has said in October 2005 that there had been rumours within Cosa Nostra that Provenzano was an informer for the Carabinieri while he was on the run.

On 8 October Fitzwilliam wrote to the Duke of Portland to inform him of rumours in Ireland that Lord Westmorland was to continue as Lord Lieutenant and that if he was not announced soon as Lord Lieutenant he would resign from the government.

In October 1976 the Opera House was closed and rumours circulated that it would never reopen.