WI: Victoria dies of fever in 1835?

In 1835, the future Queen Victoria fell ill with a severe fever. IOTL, she recovered and, upon the death of her uncle in 1837, became Queen of Great Britain while William IV's younger brother, Ernest Augustus, became King of Hanover. What if the fever she caught in 1835 had killed her? Ernest Augustus would become King of both Great Britain and Hanover, but would he keep them? Ernest was, like many members of the Hanoverian dynasty, extremely unpopular in Britain. And while he did become popular in Hanover, supposedly the Hanoverian people initially preferred his younger brother, Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, who had served as viceroy there. I can see two scenarios:

1. Ernest Augustus succeeds William IV and reigns until his death in 1851.
2. Ernest Augustus succeeds William, rules for a few years but ends up deposed and/or killed, with Britain keeping the monarchy.
3. Ernest Augustus succeeds William, rules for a few years but ends up deposed and/or killed, with Britain becoming a republic.

Supposing Ernest Augustus ends up being deposed or forced to abdicate, who might the thrones of Britain and Hanover pass to? His son, George, was a few days younger than Victoria but totally blind and apparently as conservative as Ernest Augustus himself. Of his surviving brothers, Augustus Frederick had married twice, both in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act, and Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, had a son and two daughters. I'm not sure what the British or Hanoverian public thought about Ernest's brothers, apart from the little tibit about Adolphus above.

Thoughts?
 
Probably (1) We have an uncomfortable decade with an unpopular King, but the Reform Act, Catholic Emancipation and the abolition of slavery have all gone through already, so there isn't too much damage he can do.
 
First a crocodile, now a fever. Vicky's in danger on this forum. (I should talk, I killed off Henry 8 & Katherine of Aragon and just offed the younger Percy brother!)
 
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