Editor says, what if Wilhelm Hohenzollern had been crowned King of England? Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s). This story was published in the June 2012 edition of Changing the Times Magazine.

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Editor says, in this article we explore some original ideas from Jackie Rose and Jeff Provine and have repurposed significant amounts of content from Wikipedia.
1) This modernisation reform for succession was only proposed in 2012.

H. Torrance Griffin commented on 2012-07-04 10:24:27 ~ Much depends on what replaces Prussia, but Napoleon III's heirs strongarming the German Confederation _and_ Austria would make London nervous.

Richard Roper commented on 2012-07-04 18:53:06 ~ The wouldn't be a unitted germany if Napoleon II wins the Franco-Prussian War. Who will rule Prussia and will it be divided into western and eastern territories? What will Austria-Hungary do? Another thing is Hannover will still exist. Will the British crown in some way inherit them? I take it there is either a republic or a regent in Prussia, which the French insist on. This meand if a war hasn't happened yet in 1901, it will be the war between Britain and its A-H ally and France and Russia. There will be a considerable naval war as France and Russia had such plans with the Russian fleet coming out of the DBosphorus and uniting with the french Mediterranean fleet, and the Russian Baltic fleet coming out whilst the British navy is tied up in the Mediterranean. These plans are in James Book of Fighting Ships Millenial Edition. The Pre-Dread naval race between Britain and France and Russia is still going on in 1901. There is still a Naval Convention as part of the Russo-French Entente against Britain in 1901. Any war would meamn a British expedition landing in Hannover to liberate the German Confederation, and like Marlborough, join up with the Austians. Finally, when would the war break out - looks like when the Russo-Japanese war is going on and the Russians are tied up in the East. Will the Dogger Bank incident occur and be used to start the war with no back-downs by anyone this time?

Jeff Provine commented on 2012-07-04 18:57:40 ~ A crushing French victory in the Franco-Prussian War is intriguing. We could very well end up with another set of Napoleonic Wars. The more things change...

Richard Roper commented on 2012-07-04 19:01:29 ~ That's what I was thinking. After William V and II succession there are a second set of Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon IV is still ruling the French II Empire.

Eric Oppen commented on 2012-07-04 19:35:35 ~ William Hohenzollern as King of Great Britain? With the RN at his beck and call? He'd be happier than a lamprey with a facefull of trout.

Richard Roper commented on 2012-07-04 20:06:50 ~ He would. He gets his navy - well actually grannie's - and Osbourne House on the Isle of Wight to stay in and inspect them.