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Stranger than fiction - that's how playwright Suzanne Hawkes describes the story of the principality of Sealand off Felixstowe, the subject of her latest work, Children of the Revolution - the Story of Sealand.
Share: COLOMBO (News1st): Seven miles off England’s coast, a micronation spanning just 0.004 square kilometres is selling noble titles ranging from Lord to Dame to fund its existence – a strategy used by ancient Europe to fund wars. The Principality of Sealand was established in 1967 by Roy Bates, a Major in the British Army, after occupying Roughs Tower – a sea fort built by the British during World War 2. He called himself Prince and his wife Princess – as a birthday gesture, setting off an unprecedented line of succession to the throne till to date. “We plan to raise a small isl...