HISTORY

The End of Australia’s Oldest Micronation

The Principality of Hutt River cedes to the government due to the economic impact of the pandemic

Prince Leonard Casley, pictured in 1998 with his French-born wife, Princess Shirley. Source: Olivier Chouchana/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images

I love this story so much. One man’s battle against an oppressive government. Standing up to ‘the man’ in response to an unfair system that prevented him from selling his goods. And then he…