THE city of Genoa is demanding England pay back centuries of unpaid fees for nabbing its famous flag - the cross of St George - to scare away pirates. Cheeky civic leaders in the Italian city ...

Mr Bucci said England stopped paying for the use of the flag when Genoa was occupied by Austria in 1746. “That means we are owed over 250 years of back payments,” he said, before admitting he ...

Legend has it that the flag struck such fear into Genoa's enemies that the mere sight of it would send them into retreat. According to none other than the Duke of Kent, a member of English royalty and ...

THE city of Genoa is demanding England pay back centuries of unpaid fees for nabbing its famous flag - the cross of St George - to scare away pirates. Cheeky civic leaders in the Italian city ...