French writer Jean Raspail , the self-declared consul of the 'Kingdom of Patagonia' poses with Patagonia's coat of arms (R) and the British flag he seized on British rocks in the Channel September 1. Friends of Raspail hoisted Patagonia's flag in place of the Union Jack on August 30th over the Minquiers, a deserted series of rocks south of the Channel island of Jersey. Raspail offered to return the British flag but said the handover must be on neutral ground, a Paris bar.