Principality of Sealand
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The Principality of Sealand is an unrecognised micronation on HM Fort Roughs, an offshore platform in the North Sea. It is situated on Rough Sands, a sandbar located approximately 11 kilometres from t
Sealand in 2006
Michael Bates
The Sealand national football team with the Bates family
Roy Bates
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Patrick Roy Bates, self-styled as Prince Roy of Sealand, was a British pirate radio broadcaster and micronationalist, who founded the self-proclaimed Principality of Sealand.
Principality of Sealand
…during World War II. Since 1967, the decommissioned Roughs Tower has been occupied and claimed as a sovereign state by the family and associates of Paddy Roy Bates. Bates seized Roughs Tower from a group of pirate radio broadcasters in 1967 with the intention of setting up his own station there. Bates and his…
Bates in 1977
Roy (right) and Joan Bates on Sealand in 1978