Newspoint on MSN: Discovering the world's smallest country: The Principality of Sealand
The world's smallest "country" is going on the chopping block. The self-proclaimed sovereign principality of Sealand, built atop a World War II artillery platform in the North Sea, is for sale for the ...
Since November, 2003, Dutch research think tank 'Meta Haven' has been working on a series of symbols, coins, stamps and logos for the Principality of Sealand, a mini-state situated on a man-made ...
LONDON – Paddy Roy Bates, who occupied an abandoned fort in the North Sea and declared it the sovereign Principality of Sealand — with himself as its prince — has died at age 91. Bates' son Michael ...
"We're on our own." Nationwide's Bob Wellings is winched up to meet the Bates, first family of the Principality of Sealand. Formerly HM Fort Roughs, it's a concrete and iron platform in the North Sea ...
A concrete island off the coast of England — built during World War II as an anti-aircraft base — is up for sale. The principality of Sealand is the smallest independent nation in the world. And today ...
The Principality of Sealand was born in 1967, when HM Fort Roughs was seized by World War Two veteran Roy Bates As a former World War Two sea fort, it is used to crashing waves, bitter winds and ...
Prince Michael Bates, reigning monarch of the Principality of Sealand, has a unique plan if the British Navy rolls up to reclaim his micronation off England's coast: bring out his best china and make ...