Tricky. Ceylon was as far as I'm aware a separate crown colony pretty much from the beginning, that means there needs to be an active decision to group it with India; Burma was administered as a part of British India until only roughly a decade before independence so if you can find a way to avoid it becoming a crown colony then it could perhaps be included simply due to inertia, you'd still have the main problem of major cultural/language differences working against it though. Avoiding partition could only be a good thing though.Let's say that not only is India not partitioned, but Burma, Sri Lanka and the Maldives also join India. Is this plausible?
Not the largest window of opportunity for that. Though what fun to have his wife down there talking about all the 'darkies' and making comments based on pigmentation and outfits. There would be a whole book of quotes on how to piss people off. Might have some fun stuff down the line with fashion, if it succeeds. The Iranian crown jewels have an are of art deco to it. Make air conditioning more widespread early on and you can have one or two cities with an increasingly European minority, if only to lord around the place covered in silk and jewels. Leading to Europeans thinking the place has a bad effect on monarchs, with people for generations to come claiming that the decay of so many Asian dynasties was that the monarchs got corrupted by too much wealth and having too vast a realm to think about the lives of those below them.I've read an idea about granting India Dominion status, making Edward VIII the Emperor of India, while separating Indian throne (unpartitioned) from the British one.
She might cut back on her outward racism after being made an Empress. After all, she outranked the British King at least in name, and India was the country that gave her that status. There is no reason for her grievances against Britain and subsequent attitude problem IOTL.Not the largest window of opportunity for that. Though what fun to have his wife down there talking about all the 'darkies' and making comments based on pigmentation and outfits. There would be a whole book of quotes on how to piss people off. Might have some fun stuff down the line with fashion, if it succeeds. The Iranian crown jewels have an are of art deco to it. Make air conditioning more widespread early on and you can have one or two cities with an increasingly European minority, if only to lord around the place covered in silk and jewels. Leading to Europeans thinking the place has a bad effect on monarchs, with people for generations to come claiming that the decay of so many Asian dynasties was that the monarchs got corrupted by too much wealth and having too vast a realm to think about the lives of those below them.
I imagine it more likely that they borrow Margret for the role instead.Besides, Edward VIII and Queen Wallis had no heir. So they had to borrow Elizabeth III for the Indian throne.
She might cut back on her outward racism after being made an Empress. After all, she outranked the British King at least in name, and India was the country that gave her that status. There is no reason for her grievances against Britain and subsequent attitude problem IOTL.
Besides, Edward VIII and Queen Wallis had no heir. So they had to borrow Elizabeth III for the Indian throne. Thus Prince Charles would not become the longest serving Crowned Prince in history, but King Charles II much earlier on. He would be in a better position to marry Camilla. And Diana wouldn't need to die that early.