--- title: A Polish Prince Challenged a UK Politician to a Literal Duel description: "I’d like us to meet in Hyde Park one morning, with our swords, and resolve this matter" canonical: https://time.com/3819424/polish-prince-duel-nigel-farage/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-13T15:25:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:18:40.226Z og:title: A Polish Prince Challenged a UK Politician to a Literal Duel og:description: "Enough is enough" og:url: https://time.com/3819424/polish-prince-duel-nigel-farage/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Polish Prince Challenged a UK Politician to a Literal Duel twitter:description: "Enough is enough" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # A Sword-Wielding Polish Prince Just Challenged a U.K. Politician to a Duel by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 13, 2015 3:25 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 13, 2015 3:25 PM UTC The son of a celebrated Polish cavalry officer has [formally challenged](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/general-election-2015-polish-prince-challenges-nigel-farage-to-a-duel-over-immigration-question-10171767.html) an English parliamentary candidate to a duel. Polish prince Janek Żyliński challenged UKIP leader Nigel Farage to a 18th-century-style duel in a video posted on Youtube. Janek is the son of Andrzej Żyliński, a Polish officer who led a charge against the Nazis in 1939, according to the _Independent._ “I’ve had enough of the discrimination against Polish people in this country,” Żyliński said before brandishing the sword his father used in World War II. “The most idiotic example I’ve heard of has been Mr. Nigel Farage blaming migrants for traffic jams on the M40.” “What I’d like to do is to challenge you to a duel. I’d like us to meet in Hyde Park one morning, with our swords, and resolve this matter,” he continued. “It is an impressive sword,” Farage said in response to the video, [according to Sky News](http://news.sky.com/story/1464020/polish-prince-challenges-nigel-farage-to-duel). “I don’t have one but I’m sure we could find one if we had to. But I’m not intending to accept the offer.” _\[_[_The Independent_](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/general-election-2015-polish-prince-challenges-nigel-farage-to-a-duel-over-immigration-question-10171767.html)_\]_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3819424/polish-prince-duel-nigel-farage/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3819424/polish-prince-duel-nigel-farage/"},"headline":"A Sword-Wielding Polish Prince Just Challenged a U.K. Politician to a Duel","datePublished":"2015-04-13T15:25:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:40.226Z","description":"\"I’d like us to meet in Hyde Park one morning, with our swords, and resolve this matter\"","url":"https://time.com/3819424/polish-prince-duel-nigel-farage/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","viral","World","Poland"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3819424/polish-prince-duel-nigel-farage/","name":"A Sword-Wielding Polish Prince Just Challenged a U.K. Politician to a Duel"}}]}] ```