You could have Henry (the second I believe, Edward Longshanks's father) succeed in putting the Sicilian crown on his younger sons head. That would give the British a direct royal right over Sicily.
The British presence wouldn't be much I imagine outside maybe the military garrison in whatever bases the British forces the Sicilians to hand over. The Godfather was a good enough movie.
I hope this discussion finds a plausible way to make this happen. If Irish revolutionaries are exiled to Sicily by the boatloads early enough to integrate into their populace/bloodlines, the Godfather will be that much cooler of a movie franchise... Hell, the whole Cosa Nostra will be cooler. (I'm Irish, if you can't tell...)
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Hmm.. i don't know.
Mafia is concentrated mostly in west Sicily (Palermo zone),and in early XIX was a still a weak phenomenon.
So maybe with a good administration, British inspired, mafia would never developed.
Or maybe Sicilian Police forces trained in Scotland Yard style in Cities an in Royal Canadian Mounted Police style in countryside would be much more efficent.
The Mafia was largely a movement against the centralization in Italy. The empire is unlikely to butterfly away the mafia.
Absolutly not.The Mafia was largely a movement against the centralization in Italy.
Absolutly not.
Are simply criminals, thiefs and assassins.
Maybe you think at separatist movment after WW-II.
but was totally another thing.