WI: Aubrey Herbert: Prince of Albania?

What if famed British statesman, Aubrey Herbert, had accepted the offer of the crown of Albania when it was offered to him, just before the Great War began. Considering he was close personal friends with the Prime Minister of Great Britain could Albania have a more active role in WW1? And what about its effect on Albania itself? How will Albania do when Aubrey dies in 1923?
 
What if famed British statesman, Aubrey Herbert, had accepted the offer of the crown of Albania when it was offered to him, just before the Great War began. Considering he was close personal friends with the Prime Minister of Great Britain could Albania have a more active role in WW1? And what about its effect on Albania itself? How will Albania do when Aubrey dies in 1923?

Perhaps Britain might get more involved, although they may suffer more casualties, particularly if the Turks decide to invade...............(btw, what is with Victorians and their names? Aubrey is a French name and a lady's one on top of that.)
 
Eh, Albania was occupied by the Italians, Austrians, Greeks... etc during WWI. Here's what would happen, to the best of my knowledge.

Aubrey Herbert becomes the King before WWI. As the war starts Herbert either flees Albania or tries to get the Albanians to fight with the Serbs. Either way, Albania still gets occupied, though the Italians would perhaps pay some lip service to Herbert who would be in exile due to the war. After the war, Herbert likely would become King once more, though hobbling Albania into the arms of the Italians later on as OTL.

Really, the Albanians with a British King or not, will not change anything significant...
 
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