Britain's Real Monarch

Britain's Real Monarch

"Britain's Real Monarch" was an historical documentary presented by Tony Robinson shown on Channel 4 on 3 January 2004, and again on 20 November, 2004. [http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/i-m/monarch.html] It has also been broadcast in America and Australia. This documentary argued that the present monarch, Elizabeth II, does not have a valid claim to the throne of England that she has occupied since 1952 and that the legitimate King should be Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun. This theory is based on the novel formulation that a legitimate claimant to the English throne must be descended from Henry II (1154-1189) in an unbroken line of descent in which all members were born legitimately, that is, their parents were married at the time of their birth. If a line of descent passes through someone who was born out of wedlock then no descendant of that person has a legitimate claim to the throne.

The program based its claim on the theory that Edward IV was illegitimate, born to Cecily Neville by an English archer named Blaybourne while her husband, Richard, Duke of York was elsewhere in France fighting. This would have the effect of making the heirs of Richard and Cecily's son, George, Duke of Clarence, the 'legitimate' monarchs. This line would currently be represented by 14th Earl of Loudoun, Michael Abney-Hastings (born 1942), who emigrated to Australia in 1960, married, fathered five children, and currently lives in Jerilderie, New South Wales.

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*Alternate successions of the English crown

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Bibliography

*cite book |title= [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=w9UYYThhRIQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Edward+Stafford+Fitzherbert+plantagenet&source=gbs_summary_r The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, being a complete table of all the descendants now living of Edward III, King of England] |last=Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval Staff|first=|year=1994 |publisher=Genealogical Publishing Company|isbn=080631432X

External links

* [http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/i-m/monarchtree.html Family tree showing the descent from George, Duke of Clarence]


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