Turns out they’re available for purchase via the Principality of Sealand, the self-described “smallest country in the world,” located east of Essex, England, on a defunct WWII fort in the ...

WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, England — Eager for a challenge, Roy and Joan Bates proclaimed their own country 33 years ago on an abandoned North Sea military platform and appointed themselves prince and ...

The Principality of Sealand has its own flag, a white diagonal stripe dividing fields of red and black. It has currency, postage stamps, a national anthem (“E Mare Libertas,” which is also its ...

Owned by one family for nearly 50 years, the Principality of Sealand peddles its own currency, citizenship, and has a defensive force ready to jump into action if enemy forces invade again as they ...

This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Jon Wertheim visited Sealand, the smallest area ... British nautical fort during World War II, the principality sits about seven miles off the eastern ...

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 ...

ALBAWABA Nestled in the North Sea, approximately 12 kilometers off the coast of Suffolk, England, lies a tiny self-proclaimed principality known as Sealand. Spanning just 550 square meters ...

"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 ...