How to get Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh on the throne of the UK?

Oh how so?

A miscarriage resets the pregnancy timing, makes it "off" by so many months (say five or six); the odds of getting Alfred as OTL are considerably lessened. By simply making him the 'next' daughter, the biological timing for Queen Victoria remains the same - same 'swimmer' has better odds of reaching the same egg at the finish line......
 
A miscarriage resets the pregnancy timing, makes it "off" by so many months (say five or six); the odds of getting Alfred as OTL are considerably lessened. By simply making him the 'next' daughter, the biological timing for Queen Victoria remains the same - same 'swimmer' has better odds of reaching the same egg at the finish line......

Okay interesting, similar to that timeline that Jonas linked?
 
The problem you run into is the infamous, apparently hereditary antipathy between father and first-born son in the family.....I personally think keep Bertie, but have him have be tossed over the creek by a horse like I did with H8 - preferably after his marriage (but before the conception of a child).
 
Queen Victoria was a carrier of an X-gene that gave some of her male descendants (famously the son of tsar Nicolas II) Haemophilia. Bertie could have suffered from this disease, that could not be cured and could result in dead in infancy. BTW. it is not possible for Bertie not having the disease and at the same time his male offspring having it)
 
Queen Victoria was a carrier of an X-gene that gave some of her male descendants (famously the son of tsar Nicolas II) Haemophilia. Bertie could have suffered from this disease, that could not be cured and could result in dead in infancy. BTW. it is not possible for Bertie not having the disease and at the same time his male offspring having it)
Alright so would you suggest Bertie getting the disease and dying young?
 
I'm in favor of the first royal victim of a drunk driver......the driver of the hansom cab he was in had been drinking on the job.....or a horse over a creek (I don't why I like that one). Let the Romanovs do the bleeding.:p

If Bertie had hemophilia, he'd have been kept in bubble wrap (I know, they'd have to invent it) or Styrofoam peanuts (ditto) until he became king. No parties, only tutors, no hunting, no riding, breathing hard will be allowed on alternate Tuesdays.....
 
But he wouldn't be allowed to be a wild child with the disease. He'd never get the opportunity to bump his head (unless one of his siblings did it out of jealousy.....)
 
I'm in favor of the first royal victim of a drunk driver......the driver of the hansom cab he was in had been drinking on the job.....or a horse over a creek (I don't why I like that one). Let the Romanovs do the bleeding.:p

If Bertie had hemophilia, he'd have been kept in bubble wrap (I know, they'd have to invent it) or Styrofoam peanuts (ditto) until he became king. No parties, only tutors, no hunting, no riding, breathing hard will be allowed on alternate Tuesdays.....
The czar's child was also kept in a bubble by his hysterical mother. He still got bleeds and the child got stressed. That didn't help his situation. It probably even worsened it.
 
Yes, but he was healthy that TL. Him being chronically ill means two guards handcuffed to him if necessary. Albert will be the first to implement the rules (V didn't like infants) once the disability is noted. If he is used to the over-cautiousness, as opposed to just being raised like the others.....he'll want to rebel, but won't be given the freedom and all the courtiers/servants will be in on the watching and will likely be able to intervene on Daddy's orders to keep the heir safe.

Also, being chronically ill gets one a lot of attention. That might have an effect on his behavior as well, make him more cautious if he knows the disease could kill him AND it gets him the undivided attention of mummy and daddy.

I still like the horse tossing him over the creek. Or the drunk hansom cab driver....
 
The czar's child was also kept in a bubble by his hysterical mother. He still got bleeds and the child got stressed. That didn't help his situation. It probably even worsened it.

Listen, if getting bleeds brought Rasputin around, it wouldn't help your situation, either and would stress you the hell out as well. This boy was also the 'only hope' for the dynasty, Bertie's not in that position.
 
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