Well this butterflies Hanoverians does it not?
I wonder what this'd do to the American colonies... will there even be a French and Indian War to finally end the French claim to the Ohio Valley and bind the thirteen colonies together?
By the way, from wikibox it turns out that he's King since birth - maybe in this TL it's James II who has sort of unfortunate molehill accident and James III is a posthumous child?
I can see the monty python sketch nowMaybe he's out hunting when a messenger arrives telling him his wife's gone into labour, he hurries back but on the way -- oh dear, is that a molehill?
TTL the mole goes to be the unofficial emblem of Whig party, I think.Maybe he's out hunting when a messenger arrives telling him his wife's gone into labour, he hurries back but on the way -- oh dear, is that a molehill?
Lol,I wouldn't be surprised if Parliament pulls a Louis Philippe and offer the throne to William and Mary with the Old Pretender assuming the role of the Count of Chambord in order to avoid another Catholic ruler. To make the TL more interesting, you can have TTL's William and Mary have either a son or daughter (I would prefer a daughter) who then dies childless in the 1740s. Parliament can then offer the throne to the Young Pretender who would be willing to convert, saying "London is well worth a prayer book,".
*Creativity starts twitching*I wouldn't be surprised if Parliament pulls a Louis Philippe and offer the throne to William and Mary with the Old Pretender assuming the role of the Count of Chambord in order to avoid another Catholic ruler. To make the TL more interesting, you can have TTL's William and Mary have either a son or daughter (I would prefer a daughter) who then dies childless in the 1740s. Parliament can then offer the throne to the Young Pretender who would be willing to convert, saying "London is well worth a prayer book,".
I can feel it, moving in the ether.
I can feel it, moving in the ether.
TO THE DRAWING BOARD, MY BRUMMIE CHUM!
Can Princess Mary, daughter of Anne and George (b.1690, premature) survive TTL to be born full term? Gloucester's conception is also post-POD, so King Jamie may well be raised and grow up together with a cousin or two of his.
If Mary survives, she can marry John William Friso (b.1687) in a double Anglo-Dutch match.