Country for sale - £65m
A country is up for sale to anyone who can stump up the £65 million asking price.
The Principality of Sealand is a self-proclaimed mini-state on a former Second World War fort, seven miles off Harwich, Essex.
It has its own passports, currency and stamps, reports the Daily Telegraph.
Sealand became an independent state after ''Prince" Roy Bates occupied it with his family in 1967.
The Royal Navy was sent to evict him but Bates saw them off with warning shots. A judge later ruled that, as Sealand lay outside the three-mile limit, it was outside government control.
Now the nation, which experienced a devastating fire last year, has been put up for sale through Spanish estate agents Inmonaranja.
Anyone who takes on a stake in Sealand, says the brochure, will "be able to share in and become part of the history of the most famous and oldest micro-nation in the world".
If I was rich, I'd buy it. Damn skippy.
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