WI: William or Harry marry a black girl

othyrsyde

Cuāuhtemōc said:
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Yes, she was quite the Nubian.
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I can see:p
 

PandaRosa

Flip side

John Farson said:
If it's just some lesser princess, like say a cousin of the crown prince or something, then no big deal. Women can't inherit the Chrysanthemum Throne in Japan anyway.
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Another variation: The current youngest (and at this time third in line) heir in the Japanese Imperial line is the 6-year old Prince Hisahito, nephew to the current Crown Prince. The young Prince is also the only male heir eligible under the current laws of succession, after his father and uncle. Considering the recent news of the pregnancy of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge and wife of William, second in line to the throne, under the English Law of Succession her first child, boy OR girl, would then also be in the direct line. If Kate's child is a girl, she would be an appropriate age for the young Prince, should he be interested.
The twist: what of a marriage between these two future monarchs, the future Emperor and the future Queen, joining the Chrysanthemum Throne with the Lion and Unicorn? :eek:
 

othyrsyde

PandaRosa said:
Another variation: The current youngest (and at this time third in line) heir in the Japanese Imperial line is the 6-year old Prince Hisahito, nephew to the current Crown Prince. The young Prince is also the only male heir eligible under the current laws of succession, after his father and uncle. Considering the recent news of the pregnancy of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge and wife of William, second in line to the throne, under the English Law of Succession her first child, boy OR girl, would then also be in the direct line. If Kate's child is a girl, she would be an appropriate age for the young Prince, should he be interested.
The twist: what of a marriage between these two future monarchs, the future Emperor and the future Queen, joining the Chrysanthemum Throne with the Lion and Unicorn? :eek:
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And who says we can't have a British-Japanese Union in a post WWII world:p.

Someone needs to throw this in FH TL.
 

ivanotter

... and if he decides to marry another man?

Different race, religion, language, the works?

Just to be nasty, really
 

Maltaran

Custard Cream Monster said:
Muslim may be an issue. Hindu or Sikh wouldn't be in all likelyhood. I don't think other than constitutional issues a Catholic would be a problem.
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Even the constitutional issues won't be a problem for long - the act of succession the government's drawing up now to change from male-preference to full primogeniture is also going to remove the ban on marrying Catholics.
 

Crimea

Ganesha said:
On the other hand, it would be a much bigger issue if a British royal married a non-Christian, or even a Catholic. For one thing, it would raise some complex legal issues - what if the kids adopt the faith of the non-Anglican? Would Britain really be comfortable with skipping them in the line of succession? And what if they are Muslim, or Sikh? There'd be a lot of intolerance. I don't know how exactly it'd play out, but I think religion is a much bigger deal than race here.

Cheers,
Ganesha
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Actually, that bit forbidding them from taking the throne as a non-Anglican is just months away from being repealed:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20600543
 

De la Tour

Banned
PandaRosa said:
Another variation: The current youngest (and at this time third in line) heir in the Japanese Imperial line is the 6-year old Prince Hisahito, nephew to the current Crown Prince. The young Prince is also the only male heir eligible under the current laws of succession, after his father and uncle. Considering the recent news of the pregnancy of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge and wife of William, second in line to the throne, under the English Law of Succession her first child, boy OR girl, would then also be in the direct line. If Kate's child is a girl, she would be an appropriate age for the young Prince, should he be interested.
The twist: what of a marriage between these two future monarchs, the future Emperor and the future Queen, joining the Chrysanthemum Throne with the Lion and Unicorn? :eek:
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That would be... interesting. Japan in the Commonwealth and any heir as King/Queen-Emperor?
 
Beedok

Beedok

De la Tour said:
That would be... interesting. Japan in the Commonwealth and any heir as King/Queen-Emperor?
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I think for that to work it would have to be a British Princess and a Japanese Prince. Don't the Japanese have a version of Sallic Law or whatever?
 
Iori

Iori

Beedok said:
I think for that to work it would have to be a British Princess and a Japanese Prince. Don't the Japanese have a version of Sallic Law or whatever?
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Yes, originally Japan's monarchy was more open, but during the Meiji era when they were copying everything Western they adopted the Prussian system.

Overall to I find the idea of a British Crown Prince marrying a Japanese Princess incredibly unlikely for the simple fact that the Japanese monarchy is incredibly restrictive AND, since the end of WWII, very, very limited in size.
 

PandaRosa

Iori said:
Overall to I find the idea of a British Crown Prince marrying a Japanese Princess incredibly unlikely for the simple fact that the Japanese monarchy is incredibly restrictive AND, since the end of WWII, very, very limited in size.
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The Imperial Family is even stricter than the British Royals, apparently a Prince or Princess can only marry a true Japanese. It's doubtful there could ever be an exception, but the House of Windsor might be acceptable.
The only advantage of a Japanese Prince over a Princess is that only a male may inherit the Chrysanthemum Throne, and then only through male descent.
Theoretically a Japanese Princess could marry a British Prince as it wouldn't affect her status, she'd never be in line to inherit either way.
 

M79

Considering that the Japanese throne does not allow for occupation through a female line it might get tricky. Otherwise unless it's an arranged match it will be tough to find a Japanese princess of age circa that of the Prince, though had Naruhito married Princess Anne (possibly ASB in and of itself) it could get even more interesting. A male heir from such a union would have some (distant?) claim to both thrones, but otherwise without doing a lot more research I'm not sure that there are any possible unions with appropriate proximity in age.
 

Velasco

Turquoise Blue said:
So you're saying that the British people would be racist if it applied to the Monarchy? Well, that's insulting and just plain idiotic. Its social effects that prevents most blacks from moving up the class ladder, not racism. Britain has mostly moved on from racism, and I think that people would accept a British Black princess and future Queen, and future black-looking Kings or Queens.
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Britain has mostly move don from racism? In what world?

Brits generally make a big point of being polite and politically correct, but to say racism is not an issue...damn.
 
Cuāuhtemōc

Cuāuhtemōc

Banned
Velasco said:
Britain has mostly move don from racism? In what world?

Brits generally make a big point of being polite and politically correct, but to say racism is not an issue...damn.
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It's an odd thing for her to say, given that she likes to proclaim herself as a progressive. :rolleyes:
 

yulzari

I did a look around where the identifiable posters are located.

Overwhelming the Brits don't give a do-dah of the monkey as long as she behaves herself.

The' oh my God the world will end!' mob tend to be American.

I wonder what this tells us?
 
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