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Pressure for Corfu autonomy grows

By Malcolm Brabant BBC News, Corfu

Sweating in the late afternoon heat, Corfu rebel Harry Tsoukalas pushed his way through brambles consuming the graffiti-covered, roofless church on the Mon Repos Estate, where the Duke of Edinburgh was born.

Harry Tsoukalas says Corfu does not get a fair deal

Mr Tsoukalas, whose surname translates as potter, pointed in disgust at the 17th Century frescoes exposed to the elements and disintegrating in the dilapidated chapel.

"This is a disgrace," he says.

"The central government doesn't care about our heritage. We have so much history on this island and Athens simply doesn't care. These frescoes are a national treasure."

The estate's Buckingham Palace connection makes it a magnet for British tourists but Mr Tsoukalas, a Greek-Australian property developer, regards the church as a prime example of Athenian neglect.