Alexander the Great of Britain: The Boy Who Would Be King.

Tonight marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. I was born after she died, and I have no memories of her, netherless I feel like I do remember, I do feel that she was a very complicated who in the end wanted to good. She did that. She worked to bring attention to the less fortunate, she gave a voice to the voiceless. We will never know if Alexander would've been like her or that she'd be like him. I'm just very sad and upset tonight and I felt that it might help to post something about it.

SINCERELY, TrumanJohnson
 
I have a question concerning the regnal name. I assume that you chose Alexander IV due to the previous three Alexanders in Scotland but as far as I know the British monarchs chose the English history when it came to their monarch's names. For example the William IV was not William III or William IV & III. An interesting idea for this timeline and look forward to seeing how it plays out.
Highest, so Alexander IV
Wiki said:
The question of whether numbering for British monarchs is based on previous English or Scottish monarchs was raised in 1953 when Scottish nationalists challenged the Queen's use of "Elizabeth II", on the grounds that there had never been an "Elizabeth I" in Scotland. In MacCormick v Lord Advocate, the Scottish Court of Session ruled against the plaintiffs, finding that the Queen's title was a matter of her own choice and prerogative. The Home Secretary told the House of Commons that monarchs since the Acts of Union had consistently used the higher of the English and Scottish ordinals, which in the applicable four cases has been the English ordinal.[120] The Prime Minister confirmed this practice, but noted that "neither The Queen nor her advisers could seek to bind their successors".[121] Future monarchs will apply this policy.[122]
 
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I admit that I wanted to use Alexander IV at first, but I'm reconsidering now. The situation is a reverse of Queen Elizabeth II, where as Elizabeth had been used as a regal name in England, but not Scotland. In this situation, Alexander had been used thrice in Scotland, but not in England. As of 1952, the Scottish number had never been used for a British monarch unless you count James VI and I, and James II and VII. I italicized British because while Scotland and England were in a personal union, they were technically separate, as the 1707 Acts of Union hadn't been taken place. Using the Scottish number alone has no precedence. Alexander will likely only be using the name Alexander IV and I or Alexander in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and Alexander IV in Scotland. William III did the latter.
 
what happens next ? Does he marry Frances ? Is there a royal Diana born in 1961 , but as a younger daughter of the Monarch in this history. Or even better as a twin first-born with a brother who of course gets to be the heir because he's a boy.
 
As autumn turned to winter, the King's continued in stagnation. Despite assurances from his mother, Alexander knew that his father would never get any better. On December 23rd, the day before Christmas Eve, Alexander announced to his father that he wanted to marry Frances. "Queen Frances", George VI said out loud, "Doesn't sound very natural does it?" "No it doesn't, but I do love her. She really is the most splendid girl in the world." The King accepted without question. Alexander decided to wait a few months until after Frances turned 16. He aimed for July of 1952.

The question of a royal tour of Australia and New Zealand also came up. The King and Queen would have gone, but of course the King's health made this plan impossible. Alexander did not want to go alone and did not want to be abroad in the event the worst happened. The idea of taking Frances was never considered, as it would've been too controversial. Alexander would've gone with his sister, Elizabeth. This wouldn't have worked either as protocol dictated that the first and second in line shouldn't travel together in case of an emergency. The idea of royal tour was scrapped for the time being. Alexander would end up visiting Australia and New Zealand during his honeymoon.
 
I dont see him taking that name tbh. Granted it supports some notion of Scottish hood, but hadnt being used by the Scots for centuries themselves.

His mum is Scottish. Say his full name is George Albert Alexander Patrick and he's called Alex or Xander by the family - and the press (his father was Bertie before the crown), he doesn't want to be King George following King George, he hates the name Albert and an 18 yo will see no harm in using the name everyone already knows him by. (Nobody, but nobody is going to want another Edward at this point and Patrick is 'too Irish' and has never been used nor Albert, but I'm just going with he doesn't like it).

My point is - he gets to decide his regnal name, the numbering is done according to the decided 'rules' and Alexander IV works better than King Patrick. (And it's too late in the game to seduce Ireland back with such a move.)
 
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Hopefully this marriage is happier than Charles and Diana's had.

That marriage was the poster child for the saying "Be careful what you wish for - you might get it."

I also hope this marriage is happier than her (Frances') marriage to Johnny Spencer - he was a doofus who sent her to specialist to see why she wasn't having a boy!
 
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I just caught this and I am interested to see how this plays out.

I will await your next update and best wishes with the coming New Year.
 
Tonight marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. I was born after she died, and I have no memories of her, netherless I feel like I do remember, I do feel that she was a very complicated who in the end wanted to good. She did that. She worked to bring attention to the less fortunate, she gave a voice to the voiceless. We will never know if Alexander would've been like her or that she'd be like him. I'm just very sad and upset tonight and I felt that it might help to post something about it.

SINCERELY, TrumanJohnson

That was the same day my existence was noted. Like yourself Truman, the lure and legend of the Princess was certainly not lost on those who have no living memory of her. R.I.P Diana!
 
As her contemporary, I feel it was shit of her to denigrate the father of her children in print (Morton's book) and the interview (Bashir) and made her look like a stereotypical vindictive bitch of a soon-to-be ex-wife. But dying young is always tragic and always gives the person's memory a semi-deified gloss; so I find it normal that ya'll feel that way.
 
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