Talk:Henry IX of Britain (In the Presence of Mine Enemies)

Now how would Mosley have gone about restoring Edward VIII? Parliament can't force a king to abdicate once he's been duly crowned. Edward chose to do so; if he'd insisted on staying in Buckingham Palace, there was nothing anyone could do except declare his children products of a morganic marriage, but that would mean nothing until his death. Then they and their fellow Parliaments in the Commonwealth could declare Elizabeth the rightful Queen (George VI predeceased Edward by quite a lot); but once a crown is given, it is the wearer's by right for as long as he lives.

Maybe in ItPoME they waited for George to die and then restored Edward to the throne? Not sure how the fact that he had abdicated willingly would change that, maybe they'd need to crown his son instead.

He did have a son, didn't he? I thought he had but I'm having no luck hunting down the record. I remember hearing that his descendants were planning to go on a whirlwind tour of London, Ottawa, Canberra and Wellington demanding the crowns for themselves if, upon the death of Elizabeth, Charles is granted rites of succession. However, I've since learned much more about how these things work and the claim they'd be making is complete and utter bullshit, so maybe the story itself was the same. Turtle Fan 04:46, September 27, 2009 (UTC)