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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
Joan Bates
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Joan Bates, also self-styled as Princess Joan of Sealand, was the wife of Paddy Roy Bates, a British entrepreneur who founded the self-proclaimed micronation known as the Principality of Sealand.
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…Leigh-on-Sea, Essex after having had Alzheimer's for several years. His funeral took place at Southend-on-Sea Crematorium. He was survived by his wife Joan and their children, son Michael and daughter Penny. Michael reacted to his father's death by recalling him as a "huge, huge character". "I might die…
Bates in the 1970s