MICHAEL MIFSUD Author, Art Collector & Entrepreneur Gibraltar ![]() As a Commonwealth publisher and youngest member of the international Union, he was invited to choose his debut statement to the Barons which he did to strike a blow for Monarchy in the plea for Commonwealth support of Royal Tours. The unusual angle was published right across the Globe. He hit the headlines again with mounted opposition to the sale of the Coronet Theatre in Notting Hill Gate for other uses “White Knight to the rescue” and “The Hamburger Massacre” pulled off the coup. He was subsequently invited to take on the PR directorship of the Monarchist League enabling contact with scores of Heirs in waiting whilst rising in the Chivalric Order of the Temple (Versailles Protocol) to second in command under the present Regent and gleaning Major Orders of Merit from Poland´s Government in Exile for support to their cause. Similar insignia from Afghan and Yugoslavic Royals followed after his introduction to President Tito. Economic and political interests were not guiding factors, and the desperate plight of the Rock’s prisoners in the ancient castle drove him to finance an internationally acclaimed Howard League investigation which caused an international stir. Vicious political factions on the Rock and uncomfortable hierarchy, hounded him with threats in the wings in an attempt to disable his “political platform” and included a dirty campaign of defamation and deflection of merit to inconsequential others. As a director of the prestigious Monarchist League he received the father of the King of Spain at a critical banquet organized at the Savoy to enable him to make his wishes public. Two international conferences for the leading Templars of Europe in Gibraltar and Warwick Castle and in his inimitable style broke political taboos by inviting a historical retired Spanish state advisor to a dinner for artists and mayors from hinterland Spain to meet their local counterparts. It was not covered by the Gibraltar Press in protest but received full pages of accolades on the Spanish side who saw it as a sign of friendship and respect. Twelve years of Royal Tours across the Globe brought important contacts without mention of a close relationship with the Queen and Prince Philip and their aides by whose side he was often to be found. As a result he was able to stage manage the press relations for both the Jordanian Royals and the Spanish Government during the Royal visit. Despite the offer of a free complete floor in Canary Wharf to test his innovative talents with a permanent National Export Exhibition Centre, the 1989 - 1994 recession put Britain’s and Michael´s lights out. New wealth was to rise from a derelict piece of land at Malaga airport in Spain, pioneering private and hitherto inexistent long term parking. This led to massive entrepreneurial developments despite bitter suppression by the airport authorities, which expropriated forcefully two decades later at a fraction of its real worth claiming state needs for expansion. Investment in the hotel industry followed and the publishing of a book on the Southern Spanish. His public contributions include his own TV program on culture in Marbella and numerous TV interviews on Royalty and the Knights Templar including one for Reuters on the eve of the Da Vinci Code film.
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