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    WI: Edward VI dies in 1553, but Henry FitzRoy had survived?

    Historically, Henry FitzRoy - Henry VIII's sole acknowledged bastard, and later duke of Richmond and Somerset - died shortly before the birth of Edward VI. It has been suggested that the somewhat vague wording of Henry VIII's ability to nominate his own heir with the Second Succession Act was...
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    Henry VIII dies in 1507 - what happens?

    After the death of Arthur, Prince of Wales in 1502, Henry VII withdrew his sole surviving male heir from public life and kept him as a virtual prisoner so as to reduce the chances of him being injured or killed. After his wife's death, Henry VII was urged to re-marry for political reasons, but...
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    Was it ever possible for the Conservatives to win in '97?

    Many predicted that Labour may scrape a win in 1992, but various circumstances meant this wasn't to be, and so the Tories secured a fourth consecutive term of office. The sense of victory didn't last long, however, as Black Wednesday and the ERM fiasco followed by Maastricht meant that by '93...
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    What is the best case scenario for the Kriegsmarine?

    Given an historical build-up (no fantasy Z plan) and direction under Raeder, what is the best the Third Reich's surface fleet can realistically hope for in WW2? Let us even assume that luck goes Raeder's way more often than not, and the Royal Navy suffer their historical losses (Royal Oak...
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    WI: James III succeeds Queen Anne in 1714

    I know there are various Jacobite what-ifs relating to the '15 and '45 uprisings, but I think a peaceful, constitutional transfer of power was far more likely by that time, as without a full-scale invasion actively supported by either France or Spain there simply aren't the men or resources to...
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    The Glorious Counter-Revolution

    Hello, chaps! :) So, I'm new here; fresh from my usual forums down at Paradox you see :D What do we think would have happened if James Francis Edward Stuart had converted to Anglicanism and been crowned as King James III? What kind of monarch would he have been? Although dry and reserved, his...
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