Michael Roy Bates, self-styled as Prince Michael of Sealand, is an English businessman and self-published author. He operates a self-proclaimed and unrecognized micronation called the Principality of Sealand, which he inherited from his parents Paddy Roy Bates and Joan Bates. He has claimed the title "Prince of Sealand" since the death of his father in 2012.
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Position held
- prince
- Citizenship
- Principality of Sealand, United Kingdom
- Born
- 1952
