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
Aerial view of Sealand in 2005
Sealand several months after the fire
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.
Bates in 1977
Roy (right) and Joan Bates on Sealand in 1978