Yesterday’s News Today
On this
day in 1913 German Acrobat Otto Witte claimed to have been crowned king of
Albania after entering the newly formed country posing as the peoples preferred
candidate for monach. He claimed to have enjoyed the services of a Hareem and to
have escaped the country with half of the crown jewels as well, it is a crying
shame that like most of Witte's escapades and achievements it was likely
completely made up... See more about the man here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Witte
And now
the news:
Al
Stewart based a song on this incident (Rain Barrel on the Beach Full of Shells
album, check it out on spotify or something, good song) but unfortunately
Youtube and just about every other video site has failed me so instead here's
another good Al Stewart song:
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