King Oliver (Round Two)

Basically, bumping this thread that recently got necromanced and then locked for necromancy. I think it's an idea worth more discussion: what if Cromwell took the crown when it was (OTL) offered to him?

Following up... Cromwell would have to be pushed into it; as I understand him, he was very anti-monarchical on religious grounds. What was more, the office of "King" had more-or-less strict limits on its power - especially shortly after Parliament had won the Civil War! - unlike the office of "Lord Protector." So, even a power-hungry Cromwell wouldn't necessarily be eager to take the crown.

Still, it would be perceived to stabilize Britain.

So: How can we get Cromwell to take the crown? And what would happen if he did?
 
Basically get Parliament to turn all the Lord Protectors powers into Monarchical powers, or force it through with the Army....Wasn't exactly like Parliament could stop him by the end of it
 
or force it through with the Army....Wasn't exactly like Parliament could stop him by the end of it
Well, right, if he really wanted.

But why would he do something like that? And how would public opinion - both domestic and foreign - react?
 
Basically get Parliament to turn all the Lord Protectors powers into Monarchical powers, or force it through with the Army....Wasn't exactly like Parliament could stop him by the end of it

When the issue came up IOTL, it was the other way around: the Army was largely anti-Monarchist, while Parliament (specifically, the First Protectorate Parliament*) was offering Cromwell the crown in hopes of weakening the Army as a political force.


(*) There were a series of Parliaments during the interregnum: the Long Parliament (the last Parliament summoned by Charles, the one that had fought the Civil War); the Rump Parliament (what was left of the Long Parliament after Colonel Thomas Pride's coup purged anyone the Army leaders considered unreliable -- this was the "pack of rogues" that Cromwell later dissolved); the Barebones Parliament (a legislature made up of delegates appointed by Cromwell and the Army); the Protectorate Parilaments (elected under a constitution set up by Cromwell as Lord Protector); and then the Long Parliament again (restored by General George Monck after Richard Cromwell was overthrown).
 
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