A request to those who know more about AH than me

Meko

Banned
Hi

As I said in my attempted Whitlam WI, I'm new to AH
I also have Asperger's Syndrome which makes turning my ideas into a written story difficult

I'm interested in doing a AH where Princess Margaret becomes Queen instead of Elizabeth II.

Would any of the veterans here be willing to help me write it?
 
Recent experience in the Alternate History Writer's Foum suggests that you can tell a story quite effectively without doing it as a traditional narrative. Would you find it easier to present your tale in the form of in-character letters or journal entries, for instance?
 

Meko

Banned
That sounds like a good idea.

What's the latest POD for Margaret to become heir?
I guess it's sometime in the 1940s before Charles in born.

I've only got the Wikipedia article on Margaret to go on but it seems to me that her smoking and drinking might be worse with the stress of being Queen it's quite possible she dies earlier in this timeline.
 
there are two paths to go on, I feel that Margaret's was attention whoring, I mean what girl wouldn't act out when her big sister is the Queen, so the death of Liz and becoming Queen might force her to straighten up, or not, if not you and kiss the Commonwealth goodbye, maybe even the UK becomes Republic
 
Your POD could be as late as any circumstance that eliminates Elizabeth (and her children) from contention, but something that happens earlier, before Charles is born, will seem a little less...contrived. There are probably some historical near-misses out there - airplane difficulties, assassination attempts, etc.

I agree that the smoking and drinking could hasten her demise if queen; alternately, your POD might affect whether she or not she actually does smoke and drink as much afterward. The combination of being heir and the loss of her father to lung cancer might prompt her, or her handlers, to try and reduce the smoking...or not.
 
Nice to see another person with Aspergers on the board.

I think we may have a problem as people didn't like Margaret the way they liked Elizabeth so maybe UK becomes United Republics.
 

Meko

Banned
Thanks

my concern is that if we eliminate Elizabeth too early, Margaret's life will have been dominated by being the heir and she will be pretty much unrecognisable from OTL
 
Thanks

my concern is that if we eliminate Elizabeth too early, Margaret's life will have been dominated by being the heir and she will be pretty much unrecognisable from OTL

well Charles was born in 1948, so death by childbirth?
 

Meko

Banned
Sounds good

The stress of losing Elizabeth might kill King George earlier so we see Margaret thrust on the throne earlier than 1952
 
Sounds good

The stress of losing Elizabeth might kill King George earlier so we see Margaret thrust on the throne earlier than 1952

in September of 1951 the King had his first surgery for lung cancer, so Liz and her Hair die, King George's smoking (which had slowed post war) picks up a lot and the big C gets him in 1949-1950.
 
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