AH challenge-give the UK a capital other than London, starting in 1603

It's pretty difficult. London was, by far, the biggest city in England. It was the capital, the economic centre, the largest city in terms of population, the political centre. I can't see the English Civil War being a good PoD. The Royalists would want to retake London, and claim it as their own, to enhance their legitimacy. As has been said, a Great Fire, plague, and some political unrest in London could do the trick for a time, but permanently will bedifficult to pull off.
 
During the Great Stink of 1858, Parliament considered moving to Richmond because the smell was so unbearable. Have them do that, enjoy the countryside so much they stay there and protect the green spaces separating them from London.
 

birdboy2000

Banned
Revolution in Britain. The Empire refuses to go along. The United Kingdom is soon based in Ottawa, or Canberra, or Delhi. (Or with an early enough POD, Philadelphia.)
 
Revolution in Britain. The Empire refuses to go along. The United Kingdom is soon based in Ottawa, or Canberra, or Delhi. (Or with an early enough POD, Philadelphia.)

How do you have the United Kingdom be based outside . . . the United Kingdom? Except as a government-in-exile, which is different.
 

birdboy2000

Banned
If it's a bunch of scattered colonies under one crown, especially before the evolution of dominion status, the name "United Kingdom" wouldn't be too much of a stretch. The empire holding together from a new capital even though the old one's long lost.

(Now, it wouldn't be the United Kingdom of Great Britain (or Great Britain and Ireland) mind you.)
 
If it's a bunch of scattered colonies under one crown, especially before the evolution of dominion status, the name "United Kingdom" wouldn't be too much of a stretch. The empire holding together from a new capital even though the old one's long lost.

(Now, it wouldn't be the United Kingdom of Great Britain (or Great Britain and Ireland) mind you.)

But that's just it. You could call it "the United Kingdom', but you could call a bunch of things that. None of them being what Libbrit is referring to I'm pretty sure.
 
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