The pretender to the Albanian throne and Rhodesia fan boy declares himself king, gets arrested for smuggling guns, and gets in a high speed private plane chase while armed with a rocket launcher.

Joe is joined by KD, writer and runner of the War Takes blog.

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Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/01/leka-zogu

https://www.ft.com/content/6f2f39aa-21ab-11e1-a1d8-00144feabdc0

https://web.archive.org/web/20210613055654/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/royalty-obituaries/8926722/Leka-I-Zogu.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20010122090100/http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2000/1127/balkankings.html