Want to Star Your Own Nation? That's What a Family Did in 1967 When it Created "Sealand"

Published: June 16, 2020, 6:20 a.m.

In 1967, a retired army major and self-made millionaire named Paddy Roy Bates cemented his family's place in history when he inaugurated himself ruler of the Principality of Sealand, a tiny dominion of the high seas. And so began the peculiar story of...