So, my grandpa, not being the kind of manthat could take nofor an answer, he thought,...

So, my grandpa, not being the kind of man
that could take no
for an answer, he thought, "Well,
where's the next jurisdiction which's out of
the UK government's reach?" [narrator] Roy put
his young family
on a fishing trawler, and sailed to a site outside
British territorial waters. [Katherine] They get
to this platform
and claim it as their own. [Katherine] They get
to this platform
and claim it as their own. They raise a flag
that they've designed
themselves, declare themselves
Prince and Princess of the new
Principality of Sealand. [Rob] Prince Roy
declared it a principality
mainly for practical reasons. He couldn't
declare it a kingdom
and call himself the King, because the Queen of England
might have had a thing or two
to say about that