"Princess" Shirley of The Principality Of Hutt River Dies at 85

Duh · Guru

"Princess" Shirley of The Principality Of Hutt River Dies at 85

Duh · Guru

And what an amazing person he is Leevin. For anyone planning on visiting or staying overnight there

please take note of this paragraph from the news article in the first post;

"The principality has commanded a 12-day period of mourning, ending on her birthday on July 19.

Its offices have been closed, flags are flying at half-mast, and camping and overnight visits have been cancelled

until further notice."

Some history of the Principality of Hutt River;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Hutt_River

And the history as recorded by P of HR;

http://www.hutt-river.org/history.htm

Here is a couple of pic's from my visit, Prince Leonard gave me permission to sit on his "throne" for a pic.

Also some metal art at Hutt River with a statue of Prince Leonard in limestone done by the Marc Le Buse (now deceased) a Canadian sculptor who did many sculptures for Atlantis Theme Park (closed long ago) at Two Rocks, WA.

-- Edited by Duh on Sunday 14th of July 2013 11:26:47 PM

leevin · Senior Member

We visited Hutt River in February this year.
Prince Leonard gave us a personal tour of the site.
Sadly, we couldn't meet Princess Shirley as she was not well.

Duh · Guru

Princess Shirley's funeral is at Fremantle Cemetery today, and a memorial service for her will be held later on at Hutt River Principality (they have their own church). Visiting and camping is closed temporarily during this time until further notice.

If anyone is thinking of visiting there when it is opened again I would do it soon as Prince Leonard is getting on as well and it will depend on his heir (son) Prince Ian whether he carries it on as they are also working farmers.

Prince Leonard was once a physicist (spelling) and mathematician for NASA, is a Rhodes Scholar and an aircrew war veteran that flew missions bombing the Japanese in Borneo during WW2.

Here is a link to camping at Hutt River when things get back to normal and it is opened again;

http://www.principality-hutt-river.com/visitors/PHR_Camping.htm

03_troopy · Guru

I'd love to go and see his place at hut river, but i'm afraid he might want his "chief of police" magnetic car sign back. We met him in the 80's while i was still in the RAAF, and one of the blokes thought the sign would make a good souvineer.

Duh · Guru

03_troopy wrote:
I'd love to go and see his place at hut river, but i'm afraid he might want his "chief of police" magnetic car sign back. We met him in the 80's while i was still in the RAAF, and one of the blokes thought the sign would make a good souvineer.

He told us that visitors come in complaining they couldn't find the place, apparently the road direction signs keep getting pinched!

herbie · Guru

Well worth a visit, I doubt he would remember you as so many visitors pass through the gate.

I do hope the family keep it going as both he and Shirley have put their heart and soul into making it what it is today.

One mans vision to rightly do what he felt he should do.