Becoming king of england.

[flobadob]

If I wanted to become king of england, even using war methods if I must, would this be possible? Would it be a matter of raiding buckingham palace and what then or does it not work like that? Can it be done?

[Octavius]

Possibly, and someone far more knowledgeable on the ins and outs of the workings of constitutional monarchy may be more specific, but why would you want to be? Its all just ceremonial. Much more fun and exciting to become Priscilla Queen of the Desert instead don�t you think?

[chakka35]

No, it can't be done.

Centuries ago when various private armies supported one royal claimant or the other you could seize the throne by force if you had enough military backing.

But the present-day Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army and Royal Air Force are all on our dear Queen's side. If you assassinated her, Charles would rule and you would be prosecuted for murder if you weren't shot down first.

[flobadob]

Bagga.

[naomi24]

Ah, never mind flobadob. There must be something else you'd be good at. :o)

[jno]

marry the queen is the best way, and even then you'd probably just be named consort. Failing that you would have to conquer the entire country (which is basically what her ancestors did). This is a major task and I would start preparing for it quite soon, especially if you want it sorted before Xmas.

[Ice.Maiden]

Perhaps if you got in there and married Zara Phillips, you'd be pretty close!

[jno]

true, Ice, followed by a major programme of assassination.

[zig.zag]

demand a rightful due
them beefeaters dont scare me lol

as a direst decendadant of george washington

i cannot tell a lie

[JockSporran]

How about this for an idea?

1) Go into politics.
2) Get elected as Prime Minister.
3) Dissolve the monarchy.
4) Declare yourself Lord Protector of England.

Well, it worked for Ollie Cromwell.

[chakka35]

And here's another idea,flobadob, to make up for my earlier cold water.

At the moment there is no King of England; our monarch is Queen of the UK and the Commonwealth.

So why don't you proclaim to the world that, in view of the fact that Wales and NI have their Assemblies and Scotland its Parliament, you are inaugurating a new title - King of England - and claiming it for yourself?

Then you can fight any individual who has the cheek to challenge you. Go on. Do it now, then we ABers can all boast that we heard it here first.

[flobadob]

Only problem chakka is that I'm in Ireland and I'm minding my son and can't really get away, unfortunately. See the way jno said marry the queen, is prince philip not married to the queen and if so why is he not referred to as king?

[jno]

generally you're only called king if you've inherited the throne from your parents in your own right, rather than just marrying someone who has. But you could strike a deal with HM (after poisonging Philip, which I imagine she'd approve of) as she can probably change this particular rule. I think when Bloody Mary married Philip of Spain it was agreed he'd be king of England too. And William and Mary were king and queen.

[chakka35]

You don't have to get away. Just proclaim from where you are.

Because he isn't. A king is a monarch and Prince Philip isn't that. Queens are either monarchs in their own right or are given that courtesy title as wife of a monarch.

No, I know it doesn't make sense but it's rather charming.

[flobadob]

Well when I become my first order of business will to be to make them rules more clearcut.

[Jugglering]

Why do you want to become the King of *England* ???? Come on, flobbs... it's only a tiny little place with some cracking other countries right next door that would more than encourage you to overrun *Engerland*... Anyway, what is wrong with Finland (they have no politics there, so you could probably achieve greatness if you tried really hard !)

[swedeheart]

I think I can see an opening for you here in Sweden, flobadob. We have a king but he'd probably hand you the throne for the asking - anything to avoid that his (first-born) daughter becomes queen instead of his (second-born) son becoming king. Our order of succession was changed in 1980 to focus on first-born... eh... firstborn-ness? (come on y'all see what I mean) rather than sex, but our king hasn't gotten over it yet bless him When shall Your Majesty be arriving?

[flobadob]

Sorry swedeheart, you seem to have accidently posted a photograph of your local museum curator instead of your king. I look forward to an update to see how I should dress. Whats the weather like there?

[swedeheart]

I conveyed your point of view to his majesty, flobadob, and he wasn't happy with it - not happy at all - but just between you and me you could have a point about the curator thing 'cos I found above piccy at a museum... the cyber museum for missing dentures.

Weather's nice here in Stockholm, we had tonnes of snow and a storm a couple of days ago but now it's more like autumn, bit of rain but otherwise pleasant. I'm sitting at my desk in front of an open window; it's +5 degrees (and we're an hour ahead of Britain so it's nearly midnight here.) Well, we'll eagerly await your decision then, re the king thing...

[swedeheart]

(Web cam just froze; the images were moving when I posted and they usually are, so don't give up.)