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Editor says, what if wartime anti-German sentiment had forced the dissolution of the British Monarchy? 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 August 2011 edition of Changing the Times Magazine.
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In 1979, on this day English republicans bombed the Shadow V the thirty-four foot long lobster-potting and tuna fishing boat owned by the private citizen Louis Battenberg (formerly His Serene Highness Prince Louis of Battenberg) near the castle in Mullaghmore, County Sligo where he had lived in internal exile for six decades.
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By Ed, Scott Palter & Jeff ProvineAlong with their Russian and German cousins in the Royal Houses of Romanov and Hohenzollern, the Great War forced the Saxe-Coburg-Gothas Family off the throne.
At the outbreak of war, his father had been forced to step down as First Sea Lord by the Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill. The harsh injustice of this brutal decision drove young "Dickie" to tears of rage. But despite being a "blue-eyed German" himself, "Dickie" served in the Royal Navy during the early part of the war, distinguishing himself at the Battle of Jutland. As a result, of this valour, and due to the goodwill that he had established with the local community, he was permitted to reside in internal exile in County Sligo. And when Southern Ireland received its independence, he found himself located twelve miles south of the British border, a private citizen of the new state of Eire.
By the second half of the twentieth century, post-imperial Britain was in absolute decline and sinking fast. Monarchists dreamt of a restoration which might lift the nation out of chaos. But such a step could only be possible if the socially awkward young Prince Charles was supported by his mentor and favourite Uncle. And that was why Republicans decided that he had to die.
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Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: Generals Source: Wikipedia Labels: Mountbatten, Battenberg, Britain, Republic, Monarchy. Editor says, in this post we imagine that Britain dissolved tbe monarchy due to anti-German sentiment in World War One.
Wikipedia reports ~ His father's forty-five year Naval career reached its pinnacle in 1912 when he was appointed as First Sea Lord in the Admiralty. However, two years later in 1914, due to the growing anti-German sentiments that swept across Europe during the first few months of World War I, Prince Louis was removed from his position and publicly humiliated by King George V, and Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill. Though both men professed 'sadness' at having to do this, private conversations and letters show them both to perfectly happy to sacrifice their "blue-eyed German". This forced retirement of his father was devastating to Louis. In 1917, when the Royal Family stopped using their German names and titles and adopted the more British-sounding "Windsor", Prince Louis of Battenberg became Louis Mountbatten, and was created Marquess of Milford Haven. His second son acquired the courtesy title Lord Louis Mountbatten and was known as Lord Louis informally until his death notwithstanding his being granted a viscountcy in recognition of his wartime service in the Far East and an earldom for his role in the transition of India from British dependency to sovereign state.
~ Elizabeth II did have a nice calming effect and hope in the '50s, good royalty. Mountbatten knew when to get out of India when the getting was good. Guess India in this TL is a total mess.
~ Prince Charles?Since the Queen was only 53 at the time.. Mountbatten-regarded as a bit pink.
~ I don't know that anti-German sentiment was ever anywhere nearly strong enough to endanger the British monarchy. And the word is "throne," not "thrown." (Paranthetically, I've always been very amused at the anti-German hysteria of WWI Britain---did they forget _where_ their Saxon ancestors had come from?) Fixed - thanks. Ed
~ I just don't see Willy ending the British monarchy. Period.
~ Slight grammar problem: surely it should be "in absolute decline" rather than "in absolute declining." Fixed - thanks. Ed
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