http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/14/newsid_2516000/2516713.stm
So what if the queen was actually assassinated on this day...
So what if the queen was actually assassinated on this day...
I do wonder how all this will affect Diana, if she becomes consort and then divorces Charles and dies in the car crash still does this end the Monarchy.
The monarchy was at it's lowest when she died. Maybe Charles abdicates when he marries Camila which would make William king or at least Andrew becomes Regent until William is ready maybe William is crowned IOTL queens diamond jubilee???
Hmm the month before the wedding of Charles and Diana, I missed the shooting was actually in June, my bad.
My take then is that Charles and Diana would still be married on 29 July 1981. As part of the marriage Charles would be formerly made King of England after pressure from his grandmother and his father, and he then much to their chagrin would also as part of the ceremony have Diana crowned Queen consort.
The Royal Family had invested to much to postpone the wedding and Charles and Diana were riding high in the media at the time.
There's been long speculation and some evidence that Charles doesn't actually want to be King is the reason. In the OTL given his divorce and remarriage there has also been speculation he'd abdicate in favor of William rather than take the throne himself. The situation is much more complex though if you move it back to 1981. Since neither him nor his brothers are married, though he does have a scheduled wedding. Anne's marriage is already starting to falter as well. Thus out of duty I believe he would take it then.
You could be right though that that would wait a year for the formal coronation/marriage celebration before the public, choosing a quieter marriage elsewhere. My thoughts though go back though to the Queen Mother and her determination during WWII. The family has broke with tradition many times, and thus I believe to help heal the nation and also to put forth a strong Commonwealth that they could conceivably still go through with the planned wedding at the 29 July 1981 date with coronations as part of the ceremony. The Queen Mother would be eager to put forth a strong face and strong front against such an act.
I agree that ultimately becoming King and Queen at this time, could potentially save their marriages, and thus Diana's life in the future. Though it is unlikely they'd have more issue than just William and Harry.
There's been long speculation and some evidence that Charles doesn't actually want to be King is the reason. In the OTL given his divorce and remarriage there has also been speculation he'd abdicate in favor of William rather than take the throne himself
Didn't I point out earlier if he abdicated at this time it would fall to Andrew.......looks back at my first post yes. Ultimately I decided that under the circumstances at the time in 1981 I don't think there is much way he would not become King, as really there is no one else suitable in Elizabeth's children at the time even if he were to say be ready to abdicate.
(And yes I'm aware that even if he later abdicated he would be King upon her death, just like Edward VIII was King before he abdicated before his official coronation ceremony which just became King George VI's coronation. If Elizabeth II lives to be the same age as her mother did there is a good chance she outlives Prince Charles).
I still believe they would break from tradition though and have the wedding and coronation at the same time. The family has such a history of breaking tradition and the need to put a strong front on in light of the Soviet Union etc I think they'd break and have it plus the needs of the modern world run toward it almost.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/14/newsid_2516000/2516713.stm
So what if the queen was actually assassinated on this day...
Didn't I point out earlier if he abdicated at this time it would fall to Andrew.......looks back at my first post yes. Ultimately I decided that under the circumstances at the time in 1981 I don't think there is much way he would not become King, as really there is no one else suitable in Elizabeth's children at the time even if he were to say be ready to abdicate.