WI Succession laws in UK barred completely females and instead of Elizabeth II as Queen you had King Henry IX (formerly Duke of Gloucester) as King? How the reign of King Henry IX would look like? Any thoughts?
Prince Charles is already born. Is he the heir? What happens between 1952 and the time he becomes of age in the sixties?For argument's shake lets say that Salic Law is established in UK around early 20th century...
Prince Charles is already born. Is he the heir? What happens between 1952 and the time he becomes of age in the sixties?
WI Succession laws in UK barred completely females and instead of Elizabeth II as Queen you had King Henry IX (formerly Duke of Gloucester) as King? How the reign of King Henry IX would look like? Any thoughts?
King Richard and Queen Birgitte would be extremely likeable and respected.
For argument's shake lets say that Salic Law is established in UK around early 20th century...
For argument's shake lets say that Salic Law is established in UK around early 20th century...
This is a far more realistic PoD in bringing the Duke of Gloucester to the throne as Henry IX...Imho, the (best) way of preventing Elizabeth II's reign without change in succession beforehand, is for her and Margaret to be in the wrong place at the wrong time at any point between 1940 and 1941...
Establishing an environment where Salic Law is introduced poast Queen Victoria is arguably ASB, or at the very least it's highly unlikely. Liberals would be against it because of the restrictions (at a time when laws were generally being liberalised), while Conservatives would apose it on the grounds that it would have excluded Victoria (one of the most fondly remembered monarchs) from being Queen had it been introduced earlier..
In fact, for a really plausible one you have to go back to the Tudors.
If Henry VIII had a younger brother, he might well have made him heir (failing a son) in preference to his daughters.
A longer shot might be 1714. George i being from Germany, where Salic Law was the norm, might have sought to introduce it in Britain, though whether Parliament would have agreed is another matter.
Agreed. And also, Parliament had just changed the succession in one way; they'd be more likely to change it further then than other times.As Hannover was Salic, it would be the best POD for this.