Major Paddy Roy Bates (29 August 1921 – 9 October 2012) was a British pirate radio broadcaster and founder of the Principality of Sealand, styling himself Prince Roy since 2 September 1967.
Read more about Paddy Roy Bates: Before Sealand, Formation and Administration of Sealand, Invasion and Recapture of Sealand, Later Life and Death, Titles, Styles, Honours and Arms
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“O Paddy dear, an’ did ye hear the news that’s goin’ round?
The shamrock is by law forbid to grow on Irish ground!
No more Saint Patrick’s Day we’ll keep, his colour can’t be seen,
For there’s a cruel law agin the wearin’ o’ the Green!”
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