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In December 1933 he obtained Andorran citizenship and after some time he presented a plan for administrative reform involving the creation of several offices to which he asked to be appointed himself. But he quickly got into trouble and was expelled around May 1934 . On July 12 , he issued a proclamation in Urgell , Spain, declaring himself Boris I, sovereign prince of Andorra and "regent for His Majesty the King of France", and declaring war on the bishop of Urgell (the co-prince of Andorra). On July 20 , he was arrested and taken to Barcelona and then on July 23 to Madrid where he was imprisoned until being expelled in November. A novel about this episode is ''Boris I, rei d'Andorra'', by Catalan author Antoni Morell i Mora (Edicions La Magrana, Barcelona, ISBN 84-7410-157-3). The author dedicated this book to his grandmother, who had personally met Skossyreff. |