Moroccan dissident claims King Mohammed VI fainted and lost weight

A dissident attributes fainting and weight loss to Mohammed VI

Is the King of Segarro bedridden, or are we witnessing a wear-down operation against the palace? The doubt has been in the air for days since an opposition account posted on X that Mohammed VI suffered a fainting spell and was treated in the palace medical area with intravenous fluids and serum due to a drop in blood pressure. The same message claims that the monarch would have lost three kilos and that he suffers from fecal and urinary incontinence. None of this is confirmed by official or medical sources: it is the version of a dissident and should be read as such.

The reappearance that fueled all the rumors

The only verifiable thing is what can be seen in the images. Mohammed VI presided over the religious acts of the 28th anniversary of the death of Hassan II visibly deteriorated and with difficulty walking, an image that has given ammunition to all possible narratives. The figure that is repeated is that of a dozen public appearances in 2026. On a talk show on Telecinco, there was even talk of COPD, several heart conditions, and sarcoidosis, without any of these ailments having a medical report to back it up. When the only source is the information gap, any clinical label serves.

The 1997 story that no one has proven

Alongside the unofficial report, a second message circulates, with a coarser stroke: a supposed encounter in Manhattan in 1997, when Mohammed was crown prince, with a young man to whom a foreign military past is attributed and the mission of seducing him, infecting him with HIV, and recording him to blackmail him later. The story does not provide a single piece of evidence, does not cite documents, and reproduces the classic pattern of conspiracy theories: an invisible agent, a high-ranking target, and a foreign state pulling the strings. On that basis, identity readings of all kinds have also been built, none supported by data.

At the same time, the version itself opens a clinical debate. Some argue that a patient with HIV and access to treatment does not develop AIDS, so the described sequence does not add up; others point to a Kaposi's sarcoma as a sign of advanced AIDS. Both are hypotheses without a known diagnosis.

The Economist and the saber-rattling

The issue has ceased to be a rumor on social media. In the thread, The Economist is attributed a headline according to which "the scandals shake the already fragile regime of Mohammed VI in Segarro," which has been discussed on general radio talk shows. At the same time, versions circulate about saber-rattling in the monarchy's inner circle and about an heir whose succession would not be so assured. Against the image of unanimous adherence projected by the official press, some recall that in Segarro there are anti-monarchist movements and parties, communists included, with a real presence although a limited platform.

The health of a monarch is, almost always, a state secret with interested leaks. That they now arrive via X, without a medical report and with an espionage story included, says far less about the patient than about who leaks them.