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  1. WI: Edward VIII was permitted to marry and crown Wallis Simpson

    Yes, but previous to the 2013 act everyone in the line of succession needed to obtain permission.

  2. WI: Edward VIII was permitted to marry and crown Wallis Simpson

    The first six in line require permission. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44097434

  3. WI: Edward VIII was permitted to marry and crown Wallis Simpson

    I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure the heir has to have formal permission of the monarch (ie the government) to marry.

  4. Longrange Fighter Bombers as an alternative to WWII Strategic Bombers

    Since Mosquito production uses a largely different industry this could free up capacity to build more long range aircraft for Coastal Command.

  5. April 1942 Alternate Indian Ocean

    Was Manxman really captained by a Lieutenant Commander? He seems very junior.

  6. Dread Nought but the Fury of the Seas

    As I remember it (having read the book some fifty years ago) that picture rather gives the ending away.

  7. A Blunted Sickle - Thread II

    I assume they are being used as a storage facility for the fuel being brought in.

  8. AHC: Make American Football An Olympic Sport

    This. Rugby in the Olympics has to be the sevens variety where you can hold a competition in two or three days. Also how big is an American Football squad? Fifty or so? The accommodation needs would be massive.

  9. HMS EAGLE in the Falklands

    Epic.

  10. HMS Anson soldiers on

    Shouldn't the two forward turrets be A and B? I thought the rear Y turret had been removed.

  11. What if the Queen of England died in early 1998?

    Peter Phillips was born in 1977, Zara Phillips (now Tindall) was born in 1981. I have no idea who you are thinking of.

  12. What if the Queen of England died in early 1998?

    She and Mark Phillips turned down a title for him (probably Earl as in Princess Margaret's husband) so her children are plain Mr and Ms. Even if Mark Phillips had taken a title they would only have been viscount X and Lady X. They could never be prince or princess, those titles can only be...

  13. What if the Queen of England died in early 1998?

    Two small corrections: 1 you've omitted Zara's brother Peter, and 2 Zara isn't a princess (and Peter isn't a prince) for reasons of misogyny (their 'royal' parent is a woman and therefore cannot pass on the title).

  14. April 1942 Alternate Indian Ocean

    From what I understand he was lucky to have a radio.

  15. April 1942 Alternate Indian Ocean

    The admiralty's way of toughening up their crews.
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