Why someone needed to claim the titles

In the 1920's when Ireland became a free republic, that republic was not entitled to seek reparations for what can be argued as the genocide that occurred there ( Irish Genocide) . The British establishment essential got away with rape, murder, theft, wrongful taxation, and cultural genocide without any repercussions. There were no tribunals or trials, as with the German Nazis, even though the cultural and ethnic cleansing were well documented.

The reason for this is because the newly formed Irish republic incorporated with it's constitution in 1922. Legally that newly formed governmental body could not seek damages, reparations, or legal relief for events that occurred prior to it's incorporation.

I was going to be sure that this would not be the case for Wales. My mission was to ensure that Wales would be payed back for everything that had been taken. I was going to be sure that there was going to be a proper course for Wales to reclaim her place in the world. So I poured myself into studying international law, dynastic law, laws on dethroned monarchies, and governments-in-exile.

After building a case for reparations for Wales under the United Declarations of the Rights of Indigenous peoples , United Nations Declarations on Human Rights , and international treaties on declonisation I felt we had enough evidence coupled with the well documented history of oppression and percussion in Wales to seek remedy from the United Nations. I sought out Evan Vaughn who many felt would be a good candidate for Kingship since he has a well documented pedigree going back to the Princes of Gwynedd. However, I was very disappointed to find out Mr. Vaughn had no interest in putting forward a claim as he stated in magazine interviews . He also claimed his only son had even less interest, and this would leave Wales without a leader. We needed to reestablish the old Kingdoms because it is those governmental bodies that are entitled to legal remedy, not a newly formed Welsh republic. After this discovery I decided to take matters into my own hands, being that according to the Welsh laws I was qualified. I had already submitted to Y-chromosome DNA testing, and matched the Welsh royal Y-chromosome marker. 25% of Welsh males descend from a royal direct masculine line because of our system of gavelkind, and the numerous sons the Welsh Kings and Princes had produced; so my blood was nothing special. What would be special was my vigilance, and my ability to take action when no one else had.

Native Welsh Succession Laws

Here Ellis defines the rules for succession to Kingship. He clearly shows that there was no rule for primogeniture, as in the European monarchies, but through Gavelkind .

"Though descent was hereditary in the male line, there was no necessary rule of primogeniture. The eldest son a preference, other things being equal, but the successor, who seems to have been nominated in the life of the reigning prince, must be the fittest man of the royal family. The Welsh Laws never recognized any rule of primogeniture, either in regard to the succession to land or in regard to the headship of a Cenedl (Nation). In regard to the former there was equal division among sons, in regard to the latter there was no hereditary succession at all. An office, however, was not divisible, and there was a bias, but nothing more than a bias, in favour of primogeniture in the kingship. The primary rule, in theory, in determining who within the royal Cenedl (royal nation) was to succeed, was fitness for the position.” - Ellis, T. P. (1926). Welsh tribal law and custom in the middle ages Chapter 3. Succession Kingship

Here Ellis has explained to us that the native Welsh laws used gavelkind, whereby the lands were divided equally among sons, but only one son could succeed to kingship, and the titles could never be separated or divided, with fitness for position being the primary rule in selecting the next king. Ellis goes on further to define the qualifications of who could be the heir of the King in the Welsh law, and what to do if there was no heir apparent.

"The Edling (heir), we are told, must be free from the three blemishes, that is he must be perfect as to his limbs, and must not be deaf or dumb or insane. If the eldest son did not fulfill those conditions, the next son was to be Edling. If there were no competent son, the King's brother was to be Edling ; if there were no such competent person, any man coequal in dignity, that is one of the royal Cenedl, could be Edling. There is, however, no definite proof that the theoretical rule was ever enforced in practice.” - Ellis, T. P. (1926). Welsh tribal law and custom in the middle ages Chapter 3. Succession Kingship

The term Cymru am Byth (Wales Forever) is widely used in Wales today. No one can be sure of its exact origins, but one thing we can be certain of is that; Hywel Dda, the wise King who codified the Welsh laws created a way to ensure the Kingdoms of Wales would live on forever if regicide ever occurred in Wales, or if it was not clear who the next King should be. Hywel Dda and the Welshmen that he had called upon from every corner of the Kingdom, to help him codify our laws had all agreed that, if the monarchy was wiped out, and there was no heir apparent to the last King, that any Welshmen could come forward to stand in for Wales.

As odd as this may sound to some, these are the native Welsh laws. It would be ridiculous to apply British, European, Asian, or Arab succession laws to Welsh-Briton succession laws to Kingship.

Here Ellis goes on to define the term "Cenedl" as in the quoted form from the above text. "It is clear, therefore, that the term Cenedl is not used in the laws as implying a group of persons related within an invariably fixed degree or claiming descent in fixed degrees from one common ancestor ; it appears to be used as a generic term, equivalent at times to the word tribe or clan"- Ellis, T. P. (1926). Welsh tribal law and custom in the middle ages

Court Litigation

As I explained before, there is nothing uniquely special about me or my Welshness; with the exception for my taking action on behalf of Wales, and my vigilance in a seemingly never ending English/British occupation and attempted extermination of Welsh culture. I was able to prove that, no one prior to me had claimed the titles in the way that I had. Not even the English King Henry VII claimed all of the native sub-kingdoms of Wales. Which is why his son Henry VIII had to annex Wales, because they did not inherit Wales properly.

The courts have found with me based on the legal principles of “ Laches and First claim”, both of which are forms of estoppels . Being that I was the first party to claim the native fons honourums to the separate Kingdoms of: Brycheiniog, Ceredigion, Deheubarth, Dogfeiling, Dunoding, Dyfed, Ergyng, Glywysing, Gwent, Gwynedd, Glamorgan, Gwynllwg, Meirionnydd, Morgannwg, Powys Wenwynwyn, Powys Fadog, Rhos, Rhufoniog, Seisyllwg; all other parties would be barred from doing so for their failure to take action. In short since they slept on their rights they lost their rights to do so. Vigilantibus non dormientibus æquitas subvenit ("Equity aids the vigilant, not the sleeping ones [that is, those who sleep on their rights]")

I proved that no one else in the world could produce evidence that they had actively claimed any of the separate native Welsh titles, let alone all of them. In the system of gavelkind there had to be an active claimant. The titles would not fall automatically to someone unless they were named in the life of the previous King. Also there is jurisprudence and expert opinions to show that it was acceptable for me to do so under the Welsh laws, and under international law.

Here Dr. Paulo Napoleao Da Sila writes on the legitimacy of the establishment of an heir outside of the normal lines of succession, which would likely occur given the abnormal circumstances that have occurred in Wales due to the regicide on the part of Edward I, and the illegal annexation that occurred on the part of Henry VIII.

"It was already seen that a constitutional initial decision is perfectly possible to be chosen to initiate the establishment of a regime, a prince who is not a natural and immediate successor of the last monarch, since this choice remains within the regular line of succession, or least in the framework of the dynasty, without offending the principle of legitimacy." (Monarchy – Truths and Lies / “Monarquia: Verdades e Mentiras” – Dr. Paulo Napoleao Nogueira da Sila, 1994 pg-244)

In other words, even in a very tight system of succession like the British succession, if you have 500,000 people in the line for the throne, and 499,999 people are simply not interested, the crown will go to the 500,000th person in line who puts forward an active claim.

Fig. 1 Above depicts Wales prior to the English interference on the part of Edward "Longshanks" Plantagenet I.

Fig. 2 The Principality of Wales and the Marches

In Figure 2 we can clearly see that the Principality of Wales did not even cover all of what we consider to be Wales today. The "Principality", an English invention of subjugation and occupation mind you, was quite smaller than most people understand. The Tudors were quite crafty in their misleading and attempted trickery, and it almost worked.

Few Welsh rulers enjoyed the title King of Wales , and most used the title King of Britons , which was used to identify the most powerful Welsh ruler. Many are surprised at the title and confused with the term "British" which was not invented until James of Scotland became King of England. The Welsh have been found to be the original inhabitants of the British Isles . Don't be too surprised, it's well known we have the oldest language, it should also be known we have the oldest titles.

Because of the way that I claimed the titles, claiming every separate Welsh sub-kingdom and uniting them by merging the crowns into one, I am entitled to use the title Rex Britannorum (King of Britons). This is important because some believe that the Tudors were the rightful rulers of Wales. I also proved that Henry VII (A Welshman who became King of England through his Mother’s line) and his son Henry VIII never claimed any of the native Welsh titles. They only used the titles Rex Angliae et Franciae et Dominus Hiberniae (King of England and of France and Lord of Ireland) .

Henry VIII illegally annexed Wales into England after the death of his father (Henry VII) with the Laws in Wales Act . This was unlawful under international law being that the Welsh people and native Welsh governments (monarchies) never voted in favour of this. It would be as if the United Kingdom voted to annex all of Europe. Just because they voted on it doesn’t make it lawful. Under modern law, and the law of the time you can only annex a land if there is the complete destruction of your enemy, if there is no one left.

Had Henry VII been the proper heir to all of Wales, then why was there a need for his son Henry VIII to annex Wales? Wouldn't it have occurred automatically by the law (ipso jure)? When James of Scotland became King of England and Ireland he didn't need to annex England and Ireland, he merged the crowns. Because the Tudors never held the crowns of Wales they in turn could not merge them; so they opted to create the Laws in Wales Act as their device for essentially stealing an entire nation.

After claiming and inheriting the titles, and establishing myself as the heir, I had a dispute with another party regarding the titles. The dispute was resolved in an international arbitration tribunal. After reviewing all of the information presented (expert genetic genealogist reports, DNA tests, Welsh Law, International laws on dethroned monarchies and governments in exile) the tribunal found with me and issued an international arbitral award in my favour binding in almost all parties to the United Nations (157 Nations).

I took that international court order back to the United States of America to enforce it, and to change my former name (Lawrence J Jones Jr.) to a Welsh one, incorporating the title of Tywysog (Prince) to my name since I was now a pretender (claimant) prince. Many people think I simply did a name change by deed poll and made myself a false title of nobility . In the change of name request my attorneys noted the reason for the name change was:

Essentially what we were telling the courts is that I had inherited incorporeal hereditaments (royal titles), established a government in exile, and my legal status had changed from a private citizen, to a pretender prince. This would not be a false title of nobility, since the court’s judgment was on whether or not I had actually inherited titles and my legal status had changed, or if I was simply becoming, “Mr. Tywysog Llywelyn Jones Cymru” (Mr. Prince Llywelyn Jones of Wales). Some people think I should use my name in the style; Llywelyn, Tywysog Cymru but I am not a pretender to the Principality of Wales, my claim or pretension is to something much more ancient and grand than that English invention.

The establishment of a government in exile is an emergency action to preserve and protect the nation and culture by diplomatic protest where all of the constitutional technicalities (existing or implied) are dispensed as all of the constitutional prerogatives (existing or implied) are personified by the Prince Pretender until the reestablishment of the de facto rule.

Pretender princes are sovereign subjects of public international law. "Thus, de jure [by right] sovereigns and governments-in-exile retain their status as long as they do not surrender their sovereignty to the de facto [by fact, the usurper] government." (Dr. Stephen P. Kerr y Baca, JD, FAS, "King and Constitution in International law", p. 125)

On a personal note, I have seen what other's knee jerk reactions have been to this news. It truly saddens me that so many only care about the titles and not what I am doing with the power that goes with them. I have also seen blatant lies about me posted on social media sites claiming I am, anti-Cymraeg, anti-Welsh, that I am only doing this to ensure the continued persecution of the Welsh people? What lies! If I was anti-Cymaeg why did I choose to change my name to a Welsh one? Why did I choose the title of Tywysog over the title of Prince? If I am anti-Welsh, why am I fighting for the Welsh people so hard? Tapping into my life savings and spending hours writing letters and gathering supporters into an independence movement. If I only did this for the titles, why do I continue to fight for independence? I already have the titles. I am already recognized as a fount of honour. I dare say there is no other pretender prince in the world right now fighting as hard as I am for his or her people. Many of them are quite happy in there lives which likely have far less stress than my own.

Both the tribunal and the United States California Superior Courts found with me based on the evidence I presented and the legal principles of first claim/prior claim, laches, and estoppel. The judgments they issued were final and binding. These final judgments have barred other claimants from putting forward claims based on the principle of res judicata , which is also known as “Claim preclusion” and it precludes or bars other parties from coming forward and trying to claim the titles at a later date, as they would now be impersonating me.

Essentially what I have done is become a conduit to the past so that Wales may now seek repayment for all of the resources, taxes, murders, rapes, and illegal occupation that has taken place.

First Formal Act of State

My first formal act of State as the lawful heir to the throne was to create legislation to separate the powers of monarchy from the powers of government. Under international law since I am now the head of the government in exile, all governmental powers have fallen to me, even if otherwise the vote of a parliament would normally be required. I entitled the device, "Rhyddid" which is Cymraeg for "Freedom".

In the short document, I grant accent to the people so that they may govern themselves in anyway they see fitting so long as the government they appoint or elect recognizes the will of the people, their basic human rights, and doesn't swear allegiance to a foreign government. Essentially, I created a conduit to the past Kingdoms so that now Wales can seek reparations from the United Kingdom for the mistreatment of the past that has sadly carried on to present day and I created a way for the people to have a republic, if that is what their hearts desire.

I am not a fascist, or an egomaniac. I will not lead with an iron fist, propaganda machine, or by force. I am a servant leader, I lead with an open heart. My intention is to provide relief for Wales and ensure that Welsh culture, language, and the Welsh people are preserved and protected. I do not care whether people understand what I have done now or not, because I am sure in the future, once Wales has secured her independence, people will be bright enough to look back and understand what I have done.

I've given a gift that will likely be worth billions if not trillions to Wales. However it wasn't originally mine to give, it was already theirs, I simply created the means to return it to them, the rightful owners.

People may say that the United Kingdom simply will not pay-out reparations, even though they agreed to these treaties on their honour. This may be true; I cannot predict the future, nor can I predict what their honour is worth to them. But I will tell you that for them to ignore their solemn pledges and vows, they will face sanctions, and could be forced to exit the United Nations for not keeping their pledges. I am sure they will be more willing to come to the peace table and participate in talks of rebuilding Wales, rather than face standing alone in a crowded room, or worse outside weathering the storm alone.