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# A Sword-Wielding Polish Prince Just Challenged a U.K. Politician to a Duel

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## 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.”

_\[_[_The Independent_](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/general-election-2015-polish-prince-challenges-nigel-farage-to-a-duel-over-immigration-question-10171767.html)_\]_

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