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that the Isles of Scilly and the Dutch were at war for 335 years until Roy Duncan, a historian and Chairman of the Isles of Scilly Council realized that a peace treaty had not been signed and decided to invite Dutch ambassador Jonkheer Rein Huydecoper to the islands to sign a peace treaty

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Fun Fact: that the Isles of Scilly and the Dutch were at “war” for 335 years until Roy Duncan, a historian and Chairman of the Isles of Scilly Council realized that a peace treaty had not been signed and decided to invite Dutch ambassador Jonkheer Rein Huydecoper to the islands to sign a “peace treaty”

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