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Originally Posted by johndallman
The easy way to solve this is to have the British solidly allied to the Bavarians. The obvious way to do it would by a union of the crowns, but the Electors and later Kings of Bavaria were Roman Catholic, which makes that rather unlikely. Any better ideas?
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Not really for a Union, if the Saxe-Coburg British Royal Family can't come to an accommodation with the Protestant Prussians led by Queen Victoria's Grandson, who could they come to one with?
Perhaps, without the Prussians in charge of Germany, there are some sort of knock on effects that cause the potato famine to lead to open rebellion? A Britain with a long running revolt in Ireland, perhaps combined with the English underclass also rising up could allow the Bavarians a chance to build a large navy.
I will note that the German Diet, under Bismarck started social security type programs, maybe the eventual English projects for the poor start later, and are less robust.