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A man from America has claimed a small patch of Africa, because his daughter wants to be a princess.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Heaton told BBC Radio 5 live that he had travelled from Virginia with his flag to proclaim the area the “Kingdom of North Sudan”.<\/p>\n

The area lies between Egypt and Sudan, is 800 square miles of arid desert and doesn’t belong to any country.<\/p>\n

He says he has put official requests in with both nations but, as yet, neither have responded.<\/p>\n

\"Emily
‘Princess Emily’ now wears her royal tiara everywhere she goes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mr Heaton\u00a0told 5 live\u00a0his daughter, Emily, took a “serious tone” and asked “if one day she would be a princess”.<\/p>\n

“Being a father, I knew she was serious in her request,” he said. “I researched pieces of land that were unclaimed and was fortunate to discover it.”<\/p>\n

To celebrate her seventh birthday he made the journey to what locals call Bir Tawil to make Emily’s “dreams come true”.<\/p>\n

The father of three says he was determined to show his children he’d go to “the ends of the earth for them”.<\/p>\n

When he arrived on 16 June, he planted the flag his daughter had designed in the ground and insists his claim is legitimate.<\/p>\n

A territorial dispute between the two countries means the land is one of the last unclaimed areas on earth.<\/p>\n

Now Mr Heaton says he’ll to reach out to the African Union for support.<\/p>\n

He argues that over the years many countries, including the United States, were claimed by the simple act of planting a flag.<\/p>\n

The difference, he says, is that they were usually acts of war, but in this case he “founded the nation in love for my daughter”.<\/p>\n

\"Bir<\/figure>\n

However unlikely it is that Jeremy Heaton will become the new King of North Sudan, he already has development plans in place.<\/p>\n

Princess Emily, as she is now called by her family, has ordered her new land to become a centre for agriculture.<\/p>\n

She now wears her royal crown at all times and says it’s “very cool” being a princess but she doesn’t know when she’ll visit what she thinks is the world’s newest country.<\/p>\n

Egypt, Sudan and the United Nations will have to recognise the Kingdom of North Sudan before she’s officially the daughter of a king.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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