Nick Copeman
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Henry Michael King Nicholas, born January 6, 1979, is an author
Author
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 and micronational leader
Micronation
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. He first attracted a cult following in 2003, after changing his name by deed poll
Deed poll
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 to "HM King Nicholas I", and founding a new empire from his royal seat - a four-berth caravan trailer just outside Sheringham
Sheringham
Sheringham is a seaside town in Norfolk, England, west of Cromer.The motto of the town, granted in 1953 to the Sheringham Urban District Council, is Mare Ditat Pinusque Decorat, Latin for "The sea enriches and the pine adorns"....

, Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

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Originally performed as a 'dare' with a friend, his new, royal persona soon took on a life of its own, as he sold peerages over the internet, blagged
Confidence trick
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 his way into local high-society and pursued a relationship (unsuccessfully) with "fellow royal" Zara Phillips
Zara Phillips
Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips, MBE is the second child and only daughter of Princess Anne and her first husband Captain Mark Phillips and is 13th in the line of succession to the throne...

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King Nicholas and the Copeman Empire (ISBN 0-09-189920-6), was published in June 2005 by Ebury Press/Random House
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. The book describes how—after being unemployed for several months, under pressure from his family to make something of himself, and dared by a friend—he changes his name by deed poll
Deed poll
A deed poll is a legal document binding only to a single person or several persons acting jointly to express an active intention...

to HM King Nicholas I and founds a new empire from his Sheringham caravan.
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