Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] New member says hi!<br/>
Date: May 25, 2001 @ 01:07<br/>
Author: Brendan Whyte (&quot;Brendan Whyte&quot; &lt;brwhyte@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1046326526">From the Melbourne Age, 14 MArch 2001 p10.<br/>
Yugoslav pretender given his citizenship<br/>
London. In an emotional ceremony in the room where he was born, Crown Prince <br/>
Alexander Karadjordjevic, pretender to Yugoslavia&#39;s throne, was given the <br/>
citizenship of the country fomr which he has been exiled for most of his <br/>
life. The prince tlaked of returning to his homeland after the scrapping of <br/>
the communist-era law stripping his family of its citizenship and property. <br/>
Standing in suite 212 at London &#39;s Claridges Hotel, where he was born on <br/>
July 17, 1945, he said:&quot;I started my life as an emigre&quot;.<br/>
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So there you are: person, date, place.<br/>
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The room was delcared Yugoslav soil ofor that day. I wonder if it was <br/>
Gazetted?<br/>
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BW<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;From: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:michaelstride@...">michaelstride@...</a><br/>
&gt;Reply-To: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a><br/>
&gt;To: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a><br/>
&gt;Subject: [BoundaryPoint] New member says hi!<br/>
&gt;Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 14:38:02 -0000<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;Gosh, I thought I was the only person interested in enclaves! (and<br/>
&gt;exclaves)... I&#39;m fascinated by those bits of countries that arn&#39;t<br/>
&gt;where you expect. I know about the relatively obvious ones, Baarle<br/>
&gt;Hertog etc, having lived in Belgium. But thanks for giving info on<br/>
&gt;those German/Swiss oddities.<br/>
&gt;At the risk of putting the &#39;cat amongst the pigeons&#39; here are the<br/>
&gt;scetchiest details I have on some other oddities I&#39;ve heard about<br/>
&gt;over the years. They might not exist, but I&#39;d love to know if any of<br/>
&gt;your experts know more.<br/>
&gt;1) A bit of Canada in Northern France. I believe it might be more<br/>
&gt;than just land given for a military cemetary after the first world<br/>
&gt;war. It&#39;s mentioned in a book that I don&#39;t have access to till next<br/>
&gt;week.<br/>
&gt;2) A Belgian island on a lake in Italy. When I was in Belgium someone<br/>
&gt;mentioned this oddity to me, seems like a church was put on an island<br/>
&gt;in Italy, but I know no more than that! Sounds mad I know!<br/>
&gt;3) A room in the Savoy? or some other hotel in London that is<br/>
&gt;Yugoslavian (as was). Evidently in order for a monarch to rule<br/>
&gt;Yugoslavia they must be born on Yugoslavian &#39;soil&#39; so the British<br/>
&gt;gave a room to Yugoslavia when a prince was born.....sounds a bit<br/>
&gt;like an embassy kind of deal going on, but who knows?<br/>
&gt;4) The security/customs posts at the Channel Tunnel between France<br/>
&gt;and England. Each country has a bit of land in the other for security<br/>
&gt;checks.<br/>
&gt;I hope these are of interest, and if I&#39;m totally out of order in<br/>
&gt;posting this please let me know! regards Michael<br/>
&gt;<br/>
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