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I am me, myself, Sovereign. I do hereby redeem and proclaim my Sovereignty, which is my birthright; and
for the purposes of Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights, I am a member of mankind having God within*; and
I, a Sovereign of Shetland, do proclaim that Shetland shall not be subject to outside influences which do not have our interests at heart; and
I, a Sovereign of Shetland, proclaim that I owe no allegiance to any Scottish or United Kingdom government and am not bound by any of its statutes unless and until Shetland is proved to be part of Scotland; and
I, a Sovereign of Shetland, declare that the land I own is mine alone, with no lord or superior, and nobody has rights over it except me.
I accept the rights and duties of a sovereign and undertake to abide by the law: "Do no harm and honour your contracts."
*Article 9 concerns religious rights. While having no organised religious affiliations, we recognise Ephesians 4:6 "One God, Father of all, who is above all, through all and in you all" as the basis of a religious belief.
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