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Old 09-11-2014, 06:30 PM   #509
robkelk
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Default Re: New Reality Seeds

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Originally Posted by combatmedic View Post
Yes, along with a number of the other Windsors and their relations.

There was a big wrangle over sucession afterward. Pretenders popping up, lawsuits, open public feuding over the throne. With no functioning Parliament for several years, the issue wasn't settled in a timely fashion.

Different ex-Commonwealth countries settled things in different ways; some recognzied a particular claimant to the throne, some declared regencies, and some declared republics.

Australia went republican.

There probably is a monarchist political party, but it isn't heading the government.
Canada ... probably glows in the dark, along with New York City and Seattle, thanks to Soviet bombers going over-the-pole to reach their targets.

Okay, that's an over-simplification.

The Diefenbunker existed by the POD, so key elements of the Canadian government survived, and cities that weren't strategic targets likely still exist. Regina and Winnipeg were probably unscathed, while Vancouver, Halifax, Montreal (all major ports), Toronto (business center), Sarnia (petrochemical industry center), Windsor (vehicle factory hub + across the river from the US vehicle factory hub Detroit), and Ottawa (government) would be in ruins. The remnant of the Canadian Parliament moved to Winnipeg and has been doing what it can to rebuild, with the Governor-General acting as the representative for whichever royal might eventually be recognized.
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