After the retirement of the previous landlord, the remote island is seeking someone comfortable with a lot of time on their own.
Overseeing a small island dominated by a castle, seals and a pub, an English council is searching for a new king or queen.
Piel Island is seeking applicants for a “king or queen” to reign over the remote island, and to look after its pub.“We’re not talking about St Lucia or the Hawaiian islands,” said John Murphy, a 73-year-old resident of nearby Walney Island, and the guide of walking tours of the area for four decades. “We’re talking about a small and very isolated island in the north of England.”
But she said the successful applicant would need to be dedicated to the task. “While there are periods when the pub and the island is bustling with people,” she said, “there will be periods of quiet, too — something the successful applicant will need to embrace.” The council is seeking someone who will make a 10-year commitment.
He said the new landlord also swears an oath whose terms include being a good smoker, a good drinker and “to give anyone found dead on the sands free refuge in the pub”.Once the pageantry is over, the regent of Piel Island has to see to their duties: stocking the bar and kitchen, running the pub and tending to various parts of the island, including campgrounds where visitors can stay overnight.
The island is also where Lambert Simnel, the young son of an Oxford tradesman, landed in June 1487 with an army of mercenaries and a claim to be the rightful heir to England’s throne. He marched on London, was promptly defeated by Henry VII, and wound up a kitchen servant. “It’s an opportunity for somebody that’s really open-minded, loves that style of business, loves the outside, loves history,” Callister said. “At the end of the day, when we all get a little bit older, you think, ‘I wish I’d have done that.’ Don’t pass that opportunity over.”
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