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Editor says, what if the House of Windsor had been forced to abdicate the British throne? muses Robbie Taylor. Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s).
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In 1953, Elizabeth, last of the British monarchs, was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
Republican JubileeAlthough the Queen was personally popular, her uncle's Nazi sympathies and the antics of other nobles in the UK made the British take a long look at the institution of royalty. Parliament took up the Common Acts in 1964 and debated them for some 3 years before finally passing them in 1967.
Elizabeth was allowed to reign until her death, but none of her descendants would assume a throne. Although many older Brits express a certain nostalgic longing for the old days of the monarchy, most feel that it was another relic of the barbaric past that they are better off without. Charles Windsor, who would have been Elizabeth's successor, briefly mounted a campaign to put himself on the throne in 2014, but his lack of popular support doomed it to failure.
Entry posted by Alternate Historian Robbie Taylor
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~ Another question is...what if Prince Charles and Princess Diana had stayed together? Many people feel that Charles has doomed the monarchy through his affair and marriage with Camilla. There is even talk now of his abdicating in favor of his much more popular son, Prince William, but I wouldn't bet many shillings on it.
Some Americans, however, say that the monarchy is useful to England, by providing a symbol of national unity that is beyond politics.
~ Who drew your sketch? It looks like an unflattering cross between Queen Liz and Gerry Ford.... (euuw)
~ They'd have to be a lot worse than they were in OTL for this to happen, and even a lot of leftists do acknowledge that the monarchy does serve some useful functions. I also don't think Ed Eight was pro-Nazi so much as "pro-anybody-who-was-polite-to-Wallis," and the Nazis had the wit to be polite to her.
~ Of course, the Jubilee was marred by Republican protesters against soending anything more on the outmoded monarchy...
~ And at this point, Eric, most Americans, at least, think of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor as a great romance. Besides, once the war had started and the Nazis offered to restore Ed Eight to the throne...well, according to his memoirs, "I rejected that offer with the contempt it deserved."
~ Prince William the Pretender might have more of a chance in 2014.
~ Pretender, Jeff? But if Charles abdicated in his favor, wouldn't he be the legitimate heir?
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