Bonnie Prince Charlie captures London, with French support

What if Bonnie Prince Charlie and taken London helped by a French cross-channel invasion of england?, as he came within an inch of.
 
Well the problem is that he didn't really come that close. He never took Edinburgh castle, and not enough of the Scots rallied to his cause. If he went too far south his supply lines would have been quite extended, and the Hanoverians would have kept raising more troops.


Now, I don't think that it's impossible for the Stuarts to have more success at this time. But I think to do so you'd need Charlie to show more strategic and tactical ability than he did, and for the initial landing in Scotland to have more success. If they'd somehow taken Edinburgh castle and generally been able to secure things north of the border its not inconcievable that more of the Lowlanders would have taken his side.

I think it's unlikely that Charlie wins out right and reclaims the throne, but it might be possible for the Union to be dissolved. However, he would not have been happy with this- he wanted England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, not just Scotland. For that to happen you'd need some kind of convincing French victory on the continent that leads to them dictating terms to George II- and to their client.
 
He got as far south as Derby before the army rebelled and refused to go any further due to lack of support south of the border. You'd need quite a bit of change to rectify that.
 
He needs a better PR campaign that can attract more Jacobite Protestants to his cause. Otherwise, he simply can't hold England.
 
The trouble was that he was a Catholic - the majority of England and Scotland were not - therefore would not support him (as his grandfather found out 50 years before).

For the uprising to work you will need more Catholics in England, just not sure how to do this.
 
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