The Malta Independent 9 May 2024, Thursday
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Aristocratic Pole challenges anti-immigration UK politician to a duel

Monday, 13 April 2015, 13:11 Last update: about 10 years ago

An aristocratic Pole has challenged an anti-immigration British politician to a duel.

Jan Zylinski, who calls himself a prince, says he's tired of U.K. Independence Party leader Nigel Farage criticizing eastern European migrants.

In a video posted online Sunday, Zylinski, who lives in London, urged Farage to meet him in Hyde Park to resolve the matter "in a way that an 18th-century Polish aristocrat and an English gentleman would traditionally do."

He said: "I'm offering a duel, if you agree" — but added he would settle for a "duel of words."

Poland's aristocracy was abolished by the former communist regime, but many people from aristocratic families still use their titles.

UKIP wants Britain to leave the European Union and deny EU citizens the right to live in the U.K.

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