Vacant since 1984 | |||
| Style | His/Her Majesty | ||
| Residence | Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Balmoral, Sandringham, many others | ||
| Appointer | Hereditary | ||
| Final holder | Elizabeth II | ||
| Abolished | 1984 (death of Queen Elizabeth); 1987 (effective loss of contact between Britain and King Andrew) | ||
Queen Elizabeth II was the head of State of the United Kingdom, its 14 overseas territories, and 18 independent Commonwealth Realms around the world. The monarch undertook various official and ceremonial duties such as appointing the Prime Minister, opening Parliament, and serving as the ceremonial Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
In 1983, the United Kingdom was shattered by the devastating effects of Doomsday. Elizabeth continued to rule as Monarch until her death in Loch Torridan in 1984. Her death damaged the coherence of what was left of the British state, hastening its disintegration into separate states: some monarchies, some republics, and some states whose head of state is ambiguous. Even the royal family was divided - Elizabeth's heir Andrew was stranded in South Africa, while the second in line. Princess Anne, had evacuated to the Yorkshire coast.
The split in the royal house, together with the great destruction and confusion of the ensuing years, meant that each surviving community in the former Commonwealth Realms had to decide for itself how to arrange its political system. This page lists those fragments of the Commonwealth that have kept or readopted a monarchical constitution.
House of Windsor (Africa)[]
Willliam V
The African house is considered the senior branch of the House of Windsor. It began when Prince Andrew Windsor was stranded in South Africa at the onset of the nuclear war. His home for several years was the British embassy in Pretoria. He was crowned King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland upon his mother's death in 1984. With South Africa collapsing the king fled to Port Elizabeth, where he became involved in the movement of mostly White liberals to create a new South African government. This evolved into the Dominion of South Africa. Beginning in the late 2000s and early 2010s, the DSA made a concerted effort to form ties with Commonwealth Realms around the world. These efforts led to Andrew and, later, his son William V gaining recognition as the head of numerous states, mostly in Canada and Oceania. These countries, accustomed to the idea of a distant sovereign, were little troubled by the king's residence in Africa. The Isle of Man is the only part of the British Isles to acknowledge his rule.
In 2015, Andrew died in a plane crash and was succeeded by his son William V. William was born in South Africa to Andrew and his queen consort, Louisa Gordon-Lennox. Compared to his father, William has been less popular in Britain but more popular around the world. In 2019 he married Sibusisiwe, daughter of the king of KwaZulu.
Dominion of Assiniboia[]
See also: Assiniboia
William V since 2015 | |||
| Style | His Majesty | ||
| Appointer | Hereditary | ||
Flag of the Dominion of Assiniboia
Assiniboia is a sparsely-populated state covering a swath of rural Manitoba. It largely adopted the Canadian constitution when it formed a permanent government, and the accession of the monarchy there was quiet and uncontroversial. Once reliable reports reached the prairie state that Andrew was alive and was Queen Elizabeth's acknowledged heir, the government held a quick, modest ceremony to acknowledge him and added his name to the loyalty oath and other relevant documents. It was actually some time before the king was aware that he had a new realm in North America's interior. With time, communication became more reliable between Assiniboia and South Africa, and the people generally love their distant sovereign.
Fiji[]
See also: Fiji
William V since 2015 | |||
| Style | His Majesty | ||
| Residence | Government House, Suva | ||
| Appointer | Hereditary | ||
| Formation | 1871 | ||
| First holder | Seru Epenisa Cakobau | ||
Flag of Fiji
Fiji was unified in 1871 but taken over by Britain soon after. In 1902 Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs acknowledged Britain's King Edward VII as its paramount chief (Tui Viti) in a traditional ceremony, and the Chiefs considered the position to belong to his heirs thereafter.
Following Doomsday Fiji entered a period of isolationism. It attempted to distance itself from other South Pacific powers, especially Australia and New Zealand. Despite this, Elizabeth's remained the nation's Paramount Chief, and the honour passed to Andrew once her death was known.
A new regime in Fiji reversed the earlier policy and sought more engagement with the world. It confirmed Andrew's constitutional role and became a member of the restored Commonwealth of Nations.
Isle of Man[]
See also: Isle of Man
William V since 2015 | |||
| Style | His Majesty | ||
| Residence | Government House, Onchan | ||
| Appointer | Hereditary | ||
| Formation | 1504 | ||
| First holder | Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derby | ||
Flag of the Isle of Man
The Isle of Man continued to function as a Crown Dependency after the fall of the United Kingdom. Neglected by the British emergency governments, it began to form close ties to Ireland almost immediately after Doomsday, and in 1993 it became a member of the Celtic Alliance. Through it all, the Isle never stopped acknowledging as its ruler Elizabeth and later Andrew. The king and the Manx state and people began to exchange messages in the early 2000s, through private cargo ships. More formal channels of communication were restored later. By this time, the Isle of Man was notable as the only part of the British Isles to have kept Andrew, and today it is still the only British state ruled by the African branch of the family.
Dominion of South Africa[]
See also: Dominion of South Africa, DSA Monarchs and Prime Ministers
William V since 2015 | |||
| Style | His Majesty | ||
| Residence | Knockfierna | ||
| Appointer | Hereditary | ||
| Formation | 1910, restored 1985 | ||
| First holder | George V; Andrew | ||
Flag of the DSA
The monarchy of the DSA is a direct successor to that of the United Kingdom. Prince Andrew Windsor, stationed aboard an aircraft carrier passing through the Red Sea in 1983, was left in South Africa for his own safety when his ship returned to Britain. After the death of Elizabeth II in 1984, Andrew was crowned King of the United Kingdom in exile. Beginning in 1985, he allied himself with South Africa's parliamentary opposition. The opposition was forming a rival government that pledged to undo all the actions of the National Party since its rise to power in the late 1940s - and restoring the monarchy could serve as a potent symbol of this endeavour.
The remnants of the British government sent some military and bureaucratic support to this new state, which called itself the Dominion of South Africa starting in 1987, by which time the South African apartheid regime had completely collapsed. A modest number of British refugees also made the journey. Andrew proved to be a popular king and a unifying symbol for the Dominion during its founding years. In the 2000s, the DSA adopted an aggressive policy toward its neighbors, especially KwaXhosa, invading and occupying it twice. This hurt the international reputation of both the country and its king.
Beginning in the mid-2000s, Andrew began to travel extensively hoping to be recognized as the legitimate monarch throughout the prewar Commonwealth Realms. He found mixed success. Many nations looked with disapproval at the Dominion's actions in Africa. Andrew found the best reception in parts of Canada, gaining recognition in the states of Yukon, Victoria, and Assiniboia, and gaining many supporters in the Canadian remnant government.
In 2015 Andrew's plane was lost over the Atlantic and he was succeeded by his son William. William became the face of a new policy of mending relations with the Dominion's African neighbors. He married the daughter of the king of KwaZulu in 2019; they had a daughter in 2021.
Tuvalu[]
See also: Tuvalu
William V since 2016 | |||
| Style | His Majesty | ||
| Residence | Government House, Funafuti | ||
| Appointer | Hereditary | ||
| Formation | 1978 | ||
| First holder | Elizabeth II | ||
Flag of Tuvalu
Tuvalu was a new nation and a Commonwealth Realm formed when the Gilbert and Ellis Islands colony split into two independent nations, Tuvalu and Kiribati. It was less than a decade old on Doomsday. The relatively short distance to Australia allowed it to maintain ties to its much larger neighbor and it became a freely associated state in 1987; it was associated with the ANZ Commonwealth immediately upon the the latter's formation. Tuvalu began to consider ties to the South African monarchy after the Yukon, another ANZ associate, began that process in the early 2010s. The Dominion-Xhosa War, widely denounced around the world, interrupted Tuvalu's path toward becoming a realm again, but the restoration was finally accomplished in 2016.
Commonwealth of Victoria[]
See also: Commonwealth of Victoria
William V since 2015 | |||
| Style | His Majesty | ||
| Residence | Government House, Victoria | ||
| Appointer | Hereditary | ||
| Formation | 1986 | ||
| First holder | Andrew Windsor | ||
Flag of the Commonwealth of Victoria
After the events of Doomsday, the place of Monarch was left vacant, with their duties carried out by the Lieutenant Governor. After the start of diplomatic relations with South Africa, Victoria accepted Andrew I as King, with Lieutenant Governor Adrian McLellan jokingly stating "It's nice to know who exactly I'm representing". However, due to the distance, the Lieutenant Governor carries out the duties of the Monarch and is more widely accepted as the Head of State. Victoria is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
The 1987 Victorian Constitution states that:
- Government would continue to be a Constitutional Monarchy with ties continuing with the British royals if they still live.
- The role of the Monarchy would be ceremonial and represented by a Lieutenant Governor appointed by the Premier on advice of Parliament. Lieutenant Governors serve terms of 10 years.
- The parliamentary system would remain. People choose their representatives and the head of Government will be the leader of the majority party.
The Yukon[]
See also: Yukon
William V since 2015 | |||
| Style | His Majesty | ||
| Residence | Taylor House | ||
| Appointer | Hereditary | ||
| Formation | 2011 | ||
| First holder | Andrew Windsor | ||
Flag of the Yukon
After Doomsday, contact was lost, not only with Britain, but also the central Canadian government, leaving the Yukon Government by itself. The only, indirect, legacy on the Monarchy was the Commissioner. Indeed, in 1998 when Commissioner Douglas Bell retired, the position was merged with that of Government Leader, as Canada no longer existed so there was no need for a representative for it. Elections from Assembly thereafter elected the Commissioner, who acted as both Head of Government and State.
In 2005 the Yukon made diplomatic contact with the Dominion of South Africa, which raised the question of restoring links to the surviving monarchy. While many saw it as a path towards a unified Canada, Andrew and the DSA at the time were unpopular with the international community, including with the ANZC, with which the Yukon had become an Associated State the year before. It was decided to postpone the decision.
In 2011, the events of the American Spring helped inspire the Yukon to move forward: if the Americans could restore the United States, then Yukoners could help restore the Commonwealth. The Territorial Assembly voted to restore the Monarchy on September 9, 2011, with King Andrew represented by a Viceroy.
Head of the Commonwealth[]
See also: Commonwealth of Nations
King William V since 2015 | |||
| Style | His Majesty | ||
| Appointer | Hereditary | ||
| Term Length | Life | ||
| Formation | 1949 | ||
| First holder | King George VI | ||
Flag of the Commonwealth of Nations
South Africa led the revival of the Commonwealth in 2010 with Andrew returning to his place at its head. It has expanded to include a modest circle of nations. While clearly tied to the African branch of the House of Windsor, it does not overlap perfectly with the nations ruled by it. Some nations have rejoined the Commonwealth without restoring the monarchy, while some of Andrew and William's realms have not pursued membership. Members can be found in Canada, South America, Africa, and the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.
House of Bamburgh (Northumbria)[]
Zara
Anne the Princess Royal was the only child of Queen Elizabeth to survive in Britain itself. She played a major role in the state established in the surviving city of Middlesbrough. In time she came to be recognised as the sovereign of the nation, under the title Queen of Cleveland. Anne's daughter Zara ascended the throne in 2011. Since then a few other states in the former UK have acknowledged Zara as their queen. The British people have been reluctant to give their loyalty to a monarch half a world away and never quite got over the sense that Andrew had abandoned them. Anne and Zara have always been more popular in the British Isles than Andrew and William; but the queens have been much less well known around the world.
The new name for the royal house was declared in 2018 after a good deal of discussion with the Dominion of South Africa. It takes its name from Bamburgh Castle. Bamburgh had been the seat of the Anglo-Saxon Kings of Northumbria. It served as Northumberland's house of parliament during its period as an independent Duchy. Upon the unification of Cleveland and Northumberland, the Parliament would meet in Middlesbrough (in Cleveland), so Bamburgh was repurposed as the royal residence. The House of Bamburgh is defined as a cadet branch of the House of Windsor.
Kingdom of Cleveland[]
See also: Kingdom of Cleveland, Royalty in the Kingdom of Cleveland
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| Style | Her Majesty | ||
| Residence | Acklam Hall | ||
| Appointer | Hereditary | ||
| Formation | 2001 | ||
| First holder | Anne II | ||
| Final holder | Zara | ||
| Abolished | 2016 | ||
Flag of the Kingdom of Cleveland
After Doomsday, Princess Anne was evacuated to an emergency bunker in Bempton, on the Yorkshire coast, with her young children, Peter and Zara. Peter became ill on the journey and died not long after their arrival. Bempton became one of the most important emergency seats of government in Britain because a warhead aimed at the nearby city of Middlesbrough did not detonate. Anne soon began fulfilling the duties of a head of state in and around the city. On 15th August 1997, the princess was crowned Queen of Cleveland at Gisborough Abbey, choosing the name Anne II to show a direct link to the British Throne.
In the late 2000s Cleveland began to pursue reunification with the Duchy of Northumberland, a neighbouring state that had also formed a monarchical government. The two states decided to pursue reunification slowly via the time-honoured custom of royal marriage. In 2007 it was announced that Zara, Anne's daughter and heir, was dating George, Earl Percy, heir apparent to the Duchy of Northumberland, and in 2009 they were married. It was announced that, upon both of their accessions, the Kingdoms would be united as the United Kingdoms of Northumberland and Cleveland, and upon the accession of their child, the Kingdoms would become the Kingdom of Northumbria. On the 29th July 2012, they announced the birth of a healthy baby girl, Victoria Isabelle Anne Elizabeth Percy.
For all these tentative steps, the early 2010s saw momentum build around Zara as a monarch who could restore the United Kingdom. States around Great Britain began to explore anew the question of restoring the royals, which would lead to a few successes in the ensuing years. This same momentum led the governments of Cleveland and Northumberland to push for a much faster timetable for their own unification. Some government bureaus had already been merging since the start of the decade; now each parliament passed an Act of Union that declared them to be a single kingdom and laid out plans for a full integration of the two. Titles associated with Cleveland were set aside, and Zara became the Queen of Northumbria.
United Bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey[]
See also: Channel Islands
Zara since 2018 | |||
| Style | Her Majesty | ||
| Residence | Government Houses, Jersey and Guernsey | ||
| Appointer | Hereditary | ||
| Formation | 911 | ||
| First holder | Rollo | ||
Flag of the United Bailiwicks
The Channel Islands consist of two Crown Dependencies, the Bailiwick of Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey. They faced many difficulties during the postwar years, including a conventional attack by Soviet bombers, windborne radioactive contamination from the coast of France, and a wave of French refugees that strained the Islands' resources to the breaking point. There was no entity in England or France able to provide any help. Teams from Ireland and Wales finally arrived beginning in 1987 to begin the process of cleanup and decontamination. This led to close ties between the islands and the Celtic Alliance, and they became a member in 2004.
Both parts of the Channel Islands had spent the intervening years assuming that someone was their monarch, but no one had been sure who to recognize. It was questionable whether a king in Africa had the right to rule the islands. Zara's rise in popularity in the 2010s made her seem the most credible choice. In 2018 the States and Bailiffs of Guernsey and Jersey ruled that she was the rightful monarch. Accordingly she was recognised as the holder of the ancient title Duke of Normandy.
East Ulster[]
See also: Northern Ireland
Zara since 2022 | |||
| Style | Her Majesty | ||
| Residence | Hillsborough Castle | ||
| Appointer | Hereditary | ||
| Formation | 2022 | ||
| First holder | Zara | ||
Flag of East Ulster (formerly of Northern Ireland)
Northern Ireland collapsed into violence in the mid-1980s. The Protestant (Unionist, Loyalist) and the Catholic (Republican, Nationalist) factions committed escalating acts of violence against one another in a conflict that can fairly be called a genocide. The Troubles finally subsided in the second half of the 90s. The Celtic Alliance negotiated a final conclusion in 1998 that partitioned the province into East and West Ulster, which would both be independent republics and Alliance members.
By the mid-2010s the Northern Irish were ready to renegotiate this compromise to produce something more satisfactory for both sides. West Ulster was annexed to the Republic of Ireland in 2015. The East set out to restore the British Crown, but deciding between Zara and Andrew took more time, as did negotiating the terms of the restoration so that it would be acceptable to Ireland, the Catholic minority, and the rest of the Alliance. Zara was enthroned at Hillsborough Castle on 23 September 2022, adding a fourth country to her growing list of realms.
Duchy of Lancaster[]
See also: Duchy of Lancaster
Zara since 2017 | |||
| Style | Her Majesty | ||
| Residence | Lancaster Castle | ||
| Appointer | Hereditary | ||
| Formation | 1399 | ||
| First holder | Henry of Monmouth | ||
Flag of the Duchy of Lancaster
Lancaster was constituted as a state in 1984 under the leadership of the Lancashire county council and the Lord Lieutenant of Lancaster, Simon Towneley. As the years went on this position became that of a quasi-monarch and was made hereditary. But the real head of state was always considered to be the Duke of Lancaster, a title always held by the British monarch and associated with large landholdings in the county.
In 2017, the Duchy acknowledged Zara as the rightful monarch, and she added Duke of Lancaster to her list of titles.
Kingdom of Northumbria[]
See also: Northumbria
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Zara since 2015 | ||
| Style | Her Majesty | |
| Residence | Bamburgh Castle, Acklam Hall | |
| Appointer | Hereditary | |
| Formation | 2016 | |
| First holder | Zara | |
Flag of the Kingdom of Northumbria
In 2015 the parliaments of Cleveland and Northumberland both passed Acts of Union that united them into a single state, called the Kingdom of Northumbria. Zara, daughter of Princess Anne and the reigning Queen of Cleveland, was named head of state. Her father-in-law was still the Duke of Northumberland; he kept the title but now stepped down from his role as a quasi-monarch of the small county-sized nation.
The unification confirmed the north of England as a force in the British Isles and cemented Zara's reputation as a credible potential figurehead for all of Great Britain. In 2018 the name of the royal family was renamed House of Bamburgh, after its new chief residence in Northumbria.
Other monarchies[]
Kingdom of the Cocos Islands[]
See also: Cocos Islands
Ross VI (John George) since 2010 | |||
| Style | Mr. | ||
| Residence | Oceania House | ||
| Appointer | Hereditary | ||
| Formation | 1827 | ||
| First holder | Ross I (John) | ||
Flag of the Kingdom of the Cocos Islands
The Clunies-Ross family from Shetland established a coconut plantation on the uninhabited islands in 1827. Most of the islands' population is descended from workers on the plantation; today approximately 80% of the islanders are Malay-speaking Sunnis. They answered to no higher authority and began styling themsevles "kings". In the 1880s Britain annexed the islands, but in 1886 Queen Victoria granted the Clunies-Rosses title to them in perpetuity. In 1955 Britain transferred the islands to Australia, which began to exert pressure to end the family's rule. Australia forced the family to sell the islands in 1978, though the family continued to dominate the economy as they always had. Australian officials were helping the people prepare for a referendum that would allow them to fully decolonize, but in 1983 this had not yet been completed.
After Doomsday, most of the Australians returned home. The Clunies-Ross family, in possession of a modest shipping fleet large amount of money, started to expand their business. Soon the family once again was indispensable to the economy. John Cecil Clunies-Ross now demanded to be placed as monarch again, to which the islands had little choice but to acquiesce.
While the nation has no constitution, a council, originally made up of family members, is voted in, though the king can vote in ties. The King rarely uses traditional royalty symbolism, apart from the stylized crown that appears on its flags. In 2009 John George told an Australian reporter ""We're kings because we're the hereditary rulers of a country. If there was a better name for that than 'king', we'd use it. We really don't go in for a lot of that royalty nonsense, robes and crowns and maces and all that."
Niuē Fekai[]
See also: Niue
Atapana since 2020 | |||
| Style | His Majesty | ||
| Appointer | Elective | ||
| Formation | c. 1700, restored 1990 | ||
| First holder | Puni-mata | ||
Flag of Niue
The island of Niue had governed itself under a unique elective monarchy, going back to the legendary leader Puni-Mata, before Britain colonized it in the year 1900. Over the next several decades the island developed close ties to New Zealand and remained loyal to the British monarchy. In 1990, after seven years of relative (though not total) isolation, the people of the island decided to restore the old institution. Niue has otherwise kept the system of government that it inherited from New Zealand; the local Paku-iti simply replaced Queen Elizabeth as the constitutional monarch. The king was also given a fifteen-year term rather than a lifetime appointment, with reelection not permitted. This makes him more like a president than a typical monarch. But Niue has striven to restore the traditions and rituals associated with their kingship. Atapana Siakimotu was elected in 2020 to be the third Paku-iti of modern times. He ran Niue's school system for most of the postwar period and is a widely respected local leader.
Duchy of Northumberland[]
See also: Duchy of Northumberland
Ralph George Percy since 1995 | |||
| Style | His Grace | ||
| Residence | Alnwick Castle | ||
| Appointer | Hereditary | ||
| Formation | 1377 (earldom), 1766 (dukedom), 1993 (sovereign duchy) | ||
| First holder | Henry Percy | ||
| Abolished | 2016 (loss of sovereignty) | ||
Flag of the Duchy of Northumberland
Hugh Percy, the Duke of Northumberland also served as Lord Lieutenant of the county. In the days following the nuclear attacks, he took a leading role in the emergency government, working with the Regional Government Headquarters to create a stable administration for England's far north. At the start of the 1990s, Northumberland was developing a new civil government for itself. After discussions with his the administration and his family, Henry Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland, officially accepted the role of head of state 21st November 1993. All the territory under his government's control - the county of Northumberland and non-radiated parts of Tyne and Wear - were constituted as the Duchy of Northumberland.
Duke Henry continued to play an active role in running the small state. He declared that a parliament would be formed based at Bamburgh Castle on the North Sea coast. It was called the Witan, using the name of the council of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria.
Henry died suddenly in his sleep on 31st October 1995; without advanced medical technology it is assumed that he had a stroke. He was succeeded by his younger brother Ralph George Algernon Percy, who became the 12th Duke of Northumberland.
Starting around the turn of the 21st century, Northumberland developed increasingly close ties to its southern neighbor, the Kingdom of Cleveland. The two states agreed to begin a gradual process of reunification. The name Kingdom of Northumbria was approved in a pair of plebiscites, and some combined government agencies were created. In 2009 the Duchy's heir apparent, George, Earl Percy, married Zara, daughter of Queen Anne of Cleveland. Both monarchies agreed that they would fully unite at such time as George inherited the Duchy and would have a single monarch only after the thrones passed to George and Zara's children.
But the people of the north quickly grew impatient and both governments moved to accelerate the unification. They passed Acts of Union in 2015 that made them a single kingdom, called Northumbria. Duke Ralph George kept his title but gave up his role as a head of state. His son is now Northumbria's Prince Consort. When his father dies, the ducal title will pass to him, and in future generations it is expected to merge with the Crown.
Vacant Monarchies[]
Canada []
See also: Canada
Vacant since 1984 | |||
| Style | His/Her Majesty | ||
| Appointer | Hereditary | ||
| First holder | Victoria | ||
| Final holder | Elizabeth II | ||
Flag of Canada
In early 1984, at St. John's, a new Canadian government was created among the last surviving provinces in the east: Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories, and the remnants of Québec. A new provisional government reconvened Parliament and chose the lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland, William Anthony Paddon, as the new governor-general. Under the present system, Governor-Generals choose their own successor. The Governor-General still represents the Monarch of Canada, but the situation of the monarchy in Canada is not completely clear.
In 2009, Canada and the Dominion of South Africa established diplomatic contact, and King Andrew conveyed his approval of Canada's new method for choosing a Governor-General. The Canadian government acknowledged Andrew's rightful claim to the Crown of Canada... without explicitly acknowledging Andrew himself as King. Canada tried to keep the status of the monarchy in its new regime undefined and undetermined.
Kingdom of the Parts of Holland[]
See also: East Britain , Parts of Holland
Vacant | |||
| Style | His/Her Majesty | ||
| Formation | 2010 | ||
Flag of the Parts of Holland
Flag of the former East Britain
When a provisional state called East Britain was established in the town of Bourne, it was assumed that it was a temporary measure and that the United Kingdom would soon replace it. Of course this did not happen, and the provisional status stretched on for many long years. In 2010 the National Council began to lay the groundwork for declaring a new independent state and voted unanimously to declare that Bourne and its territory were a Kingdom. The esteemed council member William Harrison was made Lord Lieutenant, standing in for the still-unknown monarch. Through his many years as Councillor he had worked tirelessly and devotedly for the community.
In 2011 East Britain formally transitioned from a provisional state into the Kingdom of the Parts of Holland, and the new flag was raised by the Lord Lieutenant and Prime Minister. Two years later, Harrison abdicated in favour of his daughter Linda. The Parts of Holland became an influential member of the Organisation of British Nations and its successor, the Commonwealth of Great Britain - encompassing much of the east of England. The Parts of Holland is not the only southeastern state to call itself a kingdom. It is politically isolated from both branches of the House of Windsor and therefore has not yet declared who its monarch is.
New Zealand []
See also: New Zealand
Vacant since 1984 | |||
| Style | His/Her Majesty | ||
| Appointer | Hereditary | ||
| Formation | 1840 | ||
| First holder | Victoria (Wikitōria) | ||
| Final holder | Elizabeth II (Irihāpeti te Tuarua) | ||
Flag of New Zealand
In 1987, Australia's republican prime minister Bob Hawke had pushed through a bill to "temporarily" constitute the country as a republic in the absence of a monarch. This bill was later confirmed by referendum. New Zealanders were more wary about doing away with the institution, even on a provisional basis, and Queen Elizabeth's appointed governor-general stayed on long past the normal term of office. In 1999, the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand were in the process of combining their foreign services, and this led to talk about a joint governor-general for the commonwealth, chosen by both governments, who could accredit the ambassadors. Despite protests from conservatives, in the opinion of the Labour government, the practical benefits of a joint GG outweighed attachment to the long-absent royal family, and New Zealand enacted the plan.
New Zealand, unlike Australia, does not require constitutional change to be ratified by referendum, and this has allowed it to participate in the joint governor-generalship without declaring itself a republic or really making any firm commitments at all. On paper, then, it is still a monarchy with a vacant throne. The joint governor-generalship remains controversial and the Crown still has a core of supporters in the country, much more so than in Australia. William V is quite popular in New Zealand; presumably if it ever did acknowledge a monarch, it would be him, but for now the question is unanswered.
Southern England[]
See also: Southern England
Vacant since 1987 | |||
| Style | His/Her Majesty | ||
| Appointer | Hereditary | ||
| First holder | Elizabeth II | ||
| Final holder | Andrew Windsor | ||
Flag of Southern England
At the time of Doomsday, Southern England housed two evacuation sites for members of the British government. The emergency capital was on the Isle of Portland, while the Queen remained aboard the royal yacht off northern Scotland. In truth this government's control was limited to the zones immediately surrounding the bunkers. Nonetheless it tried to keep acting as the continuation of the UK and when the Queen died in 1984 acknowledged her son Andrew, still stranded in the British embassy in South Africa.
However, this situation was incredibly tenuous. In 1987 a good deal of Southern England's military personnel, members of the government, and a number of surviving civilians evacuated for South Africa to join the king.
Those who remained felt betrayed and abandoned, and when a new constitution was written for Southern England, it was officially made a Republic. However, one clause leaves open the possibility of restoring a legitimate successor to the British Royal Family. Since 2010 support has grown for enthroning the Cleveland-Northumbrian royalty, but so far there has not been the political will to take this step.
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