I'm not sure that I believe a word of this.
Let me give you an example of what some of the less reputable newspapers will do if they want a story. A couple of years ago, a friend of mine decided to have a party on May Day. One of the guests was Susie Straw, Jack Straw's sister. The Daily Mail reported that Susie was leading pagan type dances around a maypole at midnight while her brother was doing important government work etc etc etc. They made the whole thing up, because it sounded good. I know, I was there. We all had a good laugh about it the following week. But you see what I mean?