Timeline for What will be the regnal number of the next Queen Mary in the UK?
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| Apr 12, 2020 at 17:37 | comment | added | user22453 | And as regards India; there was never any reason to adopt a separate number: it was just an additional title adopted by the Queen, it did not reflect a separate independent polity the Queen ruled over, but reflected the British rule over India, and her suzerainty over the Indian Princes, continuing the practice of the Mughal Emperors. In that respect, it was as much a 'separate' title as 'Defender of the Faith' is. | |
| Apr 12, 2020 at 17:35 | comment | added | user22453 | A last regnal numeral anomaly: there were five Kings of Hanover: Georg (George) III (1815-1820) Georg (George) IV (1820-1830) Wilhelm (William) IV (1830-1837) Ernst August I (1837-1851) Georg (George) V (1851-1866, died 1878) Notice that the first three are identical to the British Kings George III, George IV, and William IV. Yet the numbering followed the British numbering even after the personal union of the crowns was broken in 1837 with the accession of Queen Victoria to the British throne. | |
| Apr 12, 2020 at 17:19 | comment | added | user22453 | In essence, up until the 1953 decision by Churchill, with the exception of Scotland, the English numbering was followed. | |
| Apr 12, 2020 at 7:39 | comment | added | Michael Homer | The suggestion that it necessarily takes eighty years for another Queen Mary seems unimaginative. It could happen tomorrow if only perhaps a few hundred people convert to Catholicism, or your own more morbid scenarios. | |
| Apr 12, 2020 at 5:30 | comment | added | CJ Dennis | The current queen of Australia is Queen Elizabeth II of Australia. There was never a Queen Elizabeth I of Australia. "The Queen's Royal style and title in Australia is Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of Australia and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth." royal.uk/australia It would be confusing to have her called different things in different countries. This precedent will most likely continue in the future simply for clarity's sake. | |
| Apr 11, 2020 at 20:57 | history | answered | MAGolding | CC BY-SA 4.0 |