“Bogus Lord” Cons Islanders
We would be grateful for any information following up on this extraordinary article published this summer in the Times of London about a man named James Nesbitt who had been parading around the tiny island of Bougainville, pretending to be an emissary of the Queen of England:
SELF-STYLED British lord regarded by inhabitants of a gold-rich tropical island as a special envoy from the Queen has been denounced as an impostor by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
James Nesbitt’s meddling on Bougainville has been blamed for a wave of mass hysteria resulting in excited crowds flocking to an abandoned airport expecting Her Majesty to land. The traveller was last seen two weeks ago, apparently stuck in a remote no-go zone which has been thrown into disarray by the suspicious death of a rebel leader
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It was announced that the Queen, whose representative was “Lord Nesbitt”, would attend an independence ceremony in the village of Mr Ona, the area’s self-proclaimed king.
The authorities tried to calm the people. David Gordon-McLeod, the High Commissioner, issued a public statement saying that Mr Nesbitt “does not represent the British Government”. A joint statement from Bougainville’s Governor and the main party leader said: “Stories went out in Central Bougainville that the Queen was coming to Guava. Lots of people spent the weekend before at the airport, waiting for the Queen. They waited without result and left in anger and frustration.”
President Bush was also expected, to be followed by jet aircraft, submarines and ships laden with money.
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