Joan Bates

Joan Bates
Bates in the 1970s
Born	Joan Collins (1929-09-02)2 September 1929 Aldershot, Hampshire, UK
Died	10 March 2016(2016-03-10) (aged 86) Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK
Title	Princess consort of Sealand
Spouse	Paddy Roy Bates ​ ​ (m. 1949; died 2012)​
Children	Michael Bates Penelope "Penny" Bates
Parents	Albert Collins (father) Elizabeth Collins (mother)

Joan Bates (née Collins; 2 September 1929 – 10 March 2016), also self-styled as Princess Joan of Sealand, was the wife of Paddy Roy Bates, a British entrepreneur who founded the self-proclaimed micronation known as the Principality of Sealand.