A New Ruler, A New Empire! (GO TO OTHER THREAD)
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:27 pm
The Night of Monday, July 4, 2011, Buckingham Palace, Londonson, United Kingdom of Great Bristain and Ireland
King William V, by the Grace of God, King of the United Kingdom of Great Bristain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions and territories thereunto belonging, Emperor of Sanegeta, and Defender of the Faith, was sleeping away happily in his bed, in the royal chambers. For the King, and for the country and much of the court, the night of July 4 was just another boring night to a usual day. However, it was not casual, and instead was very active indeed. Events that would occur on this night would change the destiny of Bristain, her people, and her colonies. Nobody from the King downwards, would even suspect what was about to happen. Except one princess and her entourage of more then eighty major supporters and thousands of rank-and-file adherents, many of whom were major government, parliamentary, and military officials.
That princess was Christina, the younger sister of William and the Princess Royal of the United Kingdom of Great Bristain and Ireland and the British dominions and territories thereunto belonging, as well as the Imperial Princess of Sanegeta. The 26-year-old King was still unmarried, which was why his sister, and not a eldest daughter, was the Princess Royal. But anyways, Princess Christina was a intelligent, kind, and pretty woman. She was 25 years old, just a year younger then the King. The princess spoke numerous languages fluently besides her native English, including French, German, Italian, and Sanegtan (the language of Sanegeta, Bristain's wealthiest and most populous colony). She was well-read in literature and had expertise at fields ranging from history and government to mathematics.
The princess was however, ambitious. She craved for the Crown, but not merely with semi-constitutional power, but with absolute power. She felt angered about the royal line of succession, which favored males over females. And she was disappointed by the arrogant and all-mighty personality of her brother, who voiced private disgust about his "commoner subjects", although maintaining public respect and love for them for the sake of appearances. Princess Christina, while craving absolute power, also wanted to be seen as actually caring for her subjects.
Beginning in June 2009, the month that her older brother ascended to the throne, Christina began assembling a group of supporters and allies who would assist her in a future attempt to gain unchallenged power. This group included a former Speaker of the House of Commons, the Minister of Health and Human Services, the Minister of Transportation, former Prime Minister Tony Blair, and the Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Most of the group were highly placed in the government or military. They shared visions of the state wielding absolute power, similar to those of Christina's, and were lured by the promise of land and money from the Princess if she were to succeed. They also despised the king's personality and his overt manner. The group amounted to eighty main supporters and thousands of minor adherents in both Bristain and her colonies. For two years, Princess Christina and her group carefully planned on how they would gain power, all the while keeping it secret. Finally, they were ready.
As the King and most of his court were sleeping, the first major stages took place. 8:00 PM at night saw the first moves. At that time, bodyguards loyal to the Princess planted in the residences of the Speaker of the House of Commons (Sir John Burrow), the Speaker of the House of Lords (Lady Helen Hayman, Baroness of Hetsford), Prime Minister Sir Robert Charleston, the Chief Justice of the United Kingdom, and other parliamentary officials and nobles, took these figures hostage and secretly lead them to Buckingham Palace. Then at 9:00 further action occurred. Bodyguards planted in the residences of the Minister of Defense, the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Lord Winston Galveston), the Chief of the Imperial Defense Council, and the First Lord of the Admiralty took these figures hostage and also secretly lead them to Buckingham Palace. At about 10:00 government, judicial, military, intelligence, and parliamentary officials aligned to the Princess secured the loyalty of most of their subordinates and began taking secret measures to insure a transfer of power. And finally at 11:00 PM, the main event began to occur:
William V was snoozing away happily in his chambers, when suddenly movement occurred outside the door of his chamber. This awoke the King. What the bloody hell is going on? the King murmured to himself. He was about to rise from his bed to see about the ruckus when the door to his main chamber suddenly flung widely open. Soon about twelve bodyguards, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and Princess Christina herself burst into the room, heading immediately towards his bedroom. William looked in fear at the crowd, and then noticed his sister amongst them. The bodyguards, the Princess, and the Staff Chief all had venomous and ambitious looks on their faces. King William then barked to his sister "Christina, what the hell are you doing?".
The Princess then came forward. She was dressed relatively plainly, in a simple white shirt and jeans, which was unusual for a princess. However, she dressed this way because she believed the event was simply a casual process. She pointed at her older brother, the King, and said, in a casual manner similar to what she was wearing "Well William, for the past two years I have been making plans to take the Crown for myself, for several factors which I am not going to even bother to try to explain.....It is just, that I want what is best for Bristain and for the Colonial Empire, but in order to provide that, I need to have the Crown, in a different fashion, with absolute power." She then said, smiling in a manner that would be seductive to other men "But of course, I will make sure you are safe, once I have the Crown." William said "Nonsense! Guards, arrest the Princess for treason and conspiracy against the Crown and the government of the United Kingdom." The bodyguards however, laughed and said "Your Majesty, our loyalty is to her, and her only." Princess Christina then turned the King's order on his own head and instructed the guards "Arrest His former Majesty." The guards did as told. William tried to struggle, barking that he was the King of Bristain, but his efforts were futile. He was then lead to the conference room where the other officials previously mentioned (totaling about fifty persons) were being held hostage by over a hundred bodyguards and the Ministers of Health and Transportation.
The officials all called the Princess a traitor and vowed they would do nothing to harm their country. Princess Christina however again smiled somewhat seductively and said "If you will not sign this declaration, then you will suffer horrors beyond imagining....." She did not actually intend to torture them, for she was against that, but to use psychological methods to force them into submission. The officials, fearing torture or even death, said, in a scared manner "We will do what you ask." The Princess then thrust before them the following one-paragraph document, written in her own handwriting:
"In the name of His Majesty's Government, of the United Kingdom of Great Bristain and Ireland, of the British Dominions and colonies thereunto belonging, and of the Imperial Colony of Sanegeta therefore, we, the officials of the Executive Government, His Majesty's Armed Forces, and the Parliament of the United Kingdom, formally renounce William V, by the Grace of God, King of United Kingdom of Great Bristain and Ireland, of the British Dominions and colonies thereunto belonging, and the Emperor of Sanegeta, as King and Colonial Emperor of the above, and absolve all of his powers, claims, property, and privileges, and we confer the rights and titles, in all form, and all the honor, property, privileges, and other powers of the Royal and Imperial Crown on Her Royal Highness Christina Windsor, the Princess Royal of the United Kingdom, and grant her absolute power over the United Kingdom and all her colonies, dominions, and possessions, and over the British subjects and colonial subjects therefore, overriding the Parliament and the Court, and also the sole right to immediately declare a formal elevation of rank and honor of the said British Royal and Imperial Crown.
Signed,
Spaces reserved for officials of the British Government and Military, and of the colonial Governments and Militias therefore"
All of the officials quickly signed the declaration, but the King was hesitant. He refused to sign a document "slandering his birthright and honor" and called his sister "a shameful traitor". However, after threats and intimidation by the Princess and the bodyguards, he finally signed, and affixed his own personal copy of the Royal Seal to the document, as well a postscript to "let this be carried out without intrusion". The princess of course, jumped with joy at the declaration and immediately carried out her remaining plans. The other conspirators who were not in the room at the time were informed by encrypted e-mail and messengers about the declaration, and ordered to execute the "final stage" of the plan. They did as told, and immediately drafted official documents confirming the change. Throughout the night, however, the government continued to operate and act as if nothing happened.
But finally, at 7:00 AM, the following morning, it was officially announced on the news, especially on BBC and on the Royal News Networks, about all the changes. To the shock of the British population, and to their utter surprise and disbelief, the following proclamation was issued by a hastily convened session of the Royal Privy Council and all major Parliamentary, judicial, military, and government officials. The proclamation was also issued simultaneously in all British colonies, military bases, and possessions:
"WHEREAS due to the nature and will of the Lord our God, unfortunate events occurred that have seriously harmed the ability of William the Fifth, by the Grace of God King of the United Kingdom of Great Bristain and Ireland, of the British Dominions and possessions thereunto, and Emperor of Sanegeta, whereof, to effectively carry out the duties, powers, and privileges of His Royal Majesty's said position, so that thus a new ruler is needed, but this time with absolute authority, in order to maintain firm control over all his honorable subjects, and that also, a Kingdom which controls a vast colonial Empire needs to also be in, form, a Empire in itself, to provide for great symbolic and effective means of contact and conduct with other nations.
WE therefore, the honorable Councilors and Members of His Royal Majesty's Privy Council, the officials of the honorable Houses of the Lords Temporal and Spiritual and of the Commons in the Parliament assembled, and the officials of His Majesty's justice system, as well the structure of His Majesty's military command, do now hereby with one Voice and one Tongue proclaim Her Royal Highness, the High and Mighty Princess Christina Windsor, the Princess Royal of this United Kingdom and her Dominions, and the Imperial Princess of the Colony of Sanegeta, as "Christina the First, Empress and Autocrat of the United Empire of Bristain and Ireland, and of the other British Dominions and dependencies therefore, Empress of the Imperial Colony of Sanegeta, Honorable and most Royal Commander of Her Imperial Majesty's Armed Forces, and Defender of the Faith of the Church of Angland." She shall therefore replace her brother William the Fifth, formerly by the Grace of God King of the United Kingdom of Great Bristain and Ireland, of the British Dominions and possessions thereunto, and Emperor of Sanegeta as the formal monarch of this honorable Realm.
And we make known, acting in obligation to the legal authority of Her Majesty's Government and most loyal Parliament therefore, that she shall reign with absolute, unlimited, and unbridled authority, in all manners of state, including domestic, foreign, and military concerns, for life, which shall be enjoyed in full by her successors, in title, position, privilege and power; and that she shall be addressed not as Her Royal Majesty, but as Her Imperial Majesty. Her Imperial Majesty shall remain above the law, and shall be subject to no-one but God; and we beseech God to bless Her Imperial Majesty Christina the First, the Empress and Autocrat of Bristain and Ireland, to reign with long and happy years over us."
The population of Bristain and her possessions were shocked. Their King, a semi-constitutional monarch, had been replaced with a Empress, a absolute monarch. Their country had been converted from a United Kingdom to a United Empire overnight. Most people, however, quickly overtook their qualms and generally supported the new Empress Christina. The Empress promised to reign with "concern and care for her subjects". In the meantime, the Empress secretly ordered her brother, the former King, exiled to Sholai, a isolated village in the hot and humid British colony of Rebecca. However, she made clear instructions for him to be well-treated and taken care of.
Bristain's path had been changed radically. It now only awaited for other nations to respond.
Above: A formal photograph of the deposed King William V, last King of the United Kingdom of Great Bristain and Ireland(reigned 2009-2011, born 1986), 2010.
Above: A informal photograph of Christina, the first Empress of Bristain and Ireland (born 1987, reigned 2011-present) in simple clothing, 2010.
King William V, by the Grace of God, King of the United Kingdom of Great Bristain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions and territories thereunto belonging, Emperor of Sanegeta, and Defender of the Faith, was sleeping away happily in his bed, in the royal chambers. For the King, and for the country and much of the court, the night of July 4 was just another boring night to a usual day. However, it was not casual, and instead was very active indeed. Events that would occur on this night would change the destiny of Bristain, her people, and her colonies. Nobody from the King downwards, would even suspect what was about to happen. Except one princess and her entourage of more then eighty major supporters and thousands of rank-and-file adherents, many of whom were major government, parliamentary, and military officials.
That princess was Christina, the younger sister of William and the Princess Royal of the United Kingdom of Great Bristain and Ireland and the British dominions and territories thereunto belonging, as well as the Imperial Princess of Sanegeta. The 26-year-old King was still unmarried, which was why his sister, and not a eldest daughter, was the Princess Royal. But anyways, Princess Christina was a intelligent, kind, and pretty woman. She was 25 years old, just a year younger then the King. The princess spoke numerous languages fluently besides her native English, including French, German, Italian, and Sanegtan (the language of Sanegeta, Bristain's wealthiest and most populous colony). She was well-read in literature and had expertise at fields ranging from history and government to mathematics.
The princess was however, ambitious. She craved for the Crown, but not merely with semi-constitutional power, but with absolute power. She felt angered about the royal line of succession, which favored males over females. And she was disappointed by the arrogant and all-mighty personality of her brother, who voiced private disgust about his "commoner subjects", although maintaining public respect and love for them for the sake of appearances. Princess Christina, while craving absolute power, also wanted to be seen as actually caring for her subjects.
Beginning in June 2009, the month that her older brother ascended to the throne, Christina began assembling a group of supporters and allies who would assist her in a future attempt to gain unchallenged power. This group included a former Speaker of the House of Commons, the Minister of Health and Human Services, the Minister of Transportation, former Prime Minister Tony Blair, and the Chief of the Imperial General Staff. Most of the group were highly placed in the government or military. They shared visions of the state wielding absolute power, similar to those of Christina's, and were lured by the promise of land and money from the Princess if she were to succeed. They also despised the king's personality and his overt manner. The group amounted to eighty main supporters and thousands of minor adherents in both Bristain and her colonies. For two years, Princess Christina and her group carefully planned on how they would gain power, all the while keeping it secret. Finally, they were ready.
As the King and most of his court were sleeping, the first major stages took place. 8:00 PM at night saw the first moves. At that time, bodyguards loyal to the Princess planted in the residences of the Speaker of the House of Commons (Sir John Burrow), the Speaker of the House of Lords (Lady Helen Hayman, Baroness of Hetsford), Prime Minister Sir Robert Charleston, the Chief Justice of the United Kingdom, and other parliamentary officials and nobles, took these figures hostage and secretly lead them to Buckingham Palace. Then at 9:00 further action occurred. Bodyguards planted in the residences of the Minister of Defense, the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Lord Winston Galveston), the Chief of the Imperial Defense Council, and the First Lord of the Admiralty took these figures hostage and also secretly lead them to Buckingham Palace. At about 10:00 government, judicial, military, intelligence, and parliamentary officials aligned to the Princess secured the loyalty of most of their subordinates and began taking secret measures to insure a transfer of power. And finally at 11:00 PM, the main event began to occur:
William V was snoozing away happily in his chambers, when suddenly movement occurred outside the door of his chamber. This awoke the King. What the bloody hell is going on? the King murmured to himself. He was about to rise from his bed to see about the ruckus when the door to his main chamber suddenly flung widely open. Soon about twelve bodyguards, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and Princess Christina herself burst into the room, heading immediately towards his bedroom. William looked in fear at the crowd, and then noticed his sister amongst them. The bodyguards, the Princess, and the Staff Chief all had venomous and ambitious looks on their faces. King William then barked to his sister "Christina, what the hell are you doing?".
The Princess then came forward. She was dressed relatively plainly, in a simple white shirt and jeans, which was unusual for a princess. However, she dressed this way because she believed the event was simply a casual process. She pointed at her older brother, the King, and said, in a casual manner similar to what she was wearing "Well William, for the past two years I have been making plans to take the Crown for myself, for several factors which I am not going to even bother to try to explain.....It is just, that I want what is best for Bristain and for the Colonial Empire, but in order to provide that, I need to have the Crown, in a different fashion, with absolute power." She then said, smiling in a manner that would be seductive to other men "But of course, I will make sure you are safe, once I have the Crown." William said "Nonsense! Guards, arrest the Princess for treason and conspiracy against the Crown and the government of the United Kingdom." The bodyguards however, laughed and said "Your Majesty, our loyalty is to her, and her only." Princess Christina then turned the King's order on his own head and instructed the guards "Arrest His former Majesty." The guards did as told. William tried to struggle, barking that he was the King of Bristain, but his efforts were futile. He was then lead to the conference room where the other officials previously mentioned (totaling about fifty persons) were being held hostage by over a hundred bodyguards and the Ministers of Health and Transportation.
The officials all called the Princess a traitor and vowed they would do nothing to harm their country. Princess Christina however again smiled somewhat seductively and said "If you will not sign this declaration, then you will suffer horrors beyond imagining....." She did not actually intend to torture them, for she was against that, but to use psychological methods to force them into submission. The officials, fearing torture or even death, said, in a scared manner "We will do what you ask." The Princess then thrust before them the following one-paragraph document, written in her own handwriting:
"In the name of His Majesty's Government, of the United Kingdom of Great Bristain and Ireland, of the British Dominions and colonies thereunto belonging, and of the Imperial Colony of Sanegeta therefore, we, the officials of the Executive Government, His Majesty's Armed Forces, and the Parliament of the United Kingdom, formally renounce William V, by the Grace of God, King of United Kingdom of Great Bristain and Ireland, of the British Dominions and colonies thereunto belonging, and the Emperor of Sanegeta, as King and Colonial Emperor of the above, and absolve all of his powers, claims, property, and privileges, and we confer the rights and titles, in all form, and all the honor, property, privileges, and other powers of the Royal and Imperial Crown on Her Royal Highness Christina Windsor, the Princess Royal of the United Kingdom, and grant her absolute power over the United Kingdom and all her colonies, dominions, and possessions, and over the British subjects and colonial subjects therefore, overriding the Parliament and the Court, and also the sole right to immediately declare a formal elevation of rank and honor of the said British Royal and Imperial Crown.
Signed,
Spaces reserved for officials of the British Government and Military, and of the colonial Governments and Militias therefore"
All of the officials quickly signed the declaration, but the King was hesitant. He refused to sign a document "slandering his birthright and honor" and called his sister "a shameful traitor". However, after threats and intimidation by the Princess and the bodyguards, he finally signed, and affixed his own personal copy of the Royal Seal to the document, as well a postscript to "let this be carried out without intrusion". The princess of course, jumped with joy at the declaration and immediately carried out her remaining plans. The other conspirators who were not in the room at the time were informed by encrypted e-mail and messengers about the declaration, and ordered to execute the "final stage" of the plan. They did as told, and immediately drafted official documents confirming the change. Throughout the night, however, the government continued to operate and act as if nothing happened.
But finally, at 7:00 AM, the following morning, it was officially announced on the news, especially on BBC and on the Royal News Networks, about all the changes. To the shock of the British population, and to their utter surprise and disbelief, the following proclamation was issued by a hastily convened session of the Royal Privy Council and all major Parliamentary, judicial, military, and government officials. The proclamation was also issued simultaneously in all British colonies, military bases, and possessions:
"WHEREAS due to the nature and will of the Lord our God, unfortunate events occurred that have seriously harmed the ability of William the Fifth, by the Grace of God King of the United Kingdom of Great Bristain and Ireland, of the British Dominions and possessions thereunto, and Emperor of Sanegeta, whereof, to effectively carry out the duties, powers, and privileges of His Royal Majesty's said position, so that thus a new ruler is needed, but this time with absolute authority, in order to maintain firm control over all his honorable subjects, and that also, a Kingdom which controls a vast colonial Empire needs to also be in, form, a Empire in itself, to provide for great symbolic and effective means of contact and conduct with other nations.
WE therefore, the honorable Councilors and Members of His Royal Majesty's Privy Council, the officials of the honorable Houses of the Lords Temporal and Spiritual and of the Commons in the Parliament assembled, and the officials of His Majesty's justice system, as well the structure of His Majesty's military command, do now hereby with one Voice and one Tongue proclaim Her Royal Highness, the High and Mighty Princess Christina Windsor, the Princess Royal of this United Kingdom and her Dominions, and the Imperial Princess of the Colony of Sanegeta, as "Christina the First, Empress and Autocrat of the United Empire of Bristain and Ireland, and of the other British Dominions and dependencies therefore, Empress of the Imperial Colony of Sanegeta, Honorable and most Royal Commander of Her Imperial Majesty's Armed Forces, and Defender of the Faith of the Church of Angland." She shall therefore replace her brother William the Fifth, formerly by the Grace of God King of the United Kingdom of Great Bristain and Ireland, of the British Dominions and possessions thereunto, and Emperor of Sanegeta as the formal monarch of this honorable Realm.
And we make known, acting in obligation to the legal authority of Her Majesty's Government and most loyal Parliament therefore, that she shall reign with absolute, unlimited, and unbridled authority, in all manners of state, including domestic, foreign, and military concerns, for life, which shall be enjoyed in full by her successors, in title, position, privilege and power; and that she shall be addressed not as Her Royal Majesty, but as Her Imperial Majesty. Her Imperial Majesty shall remain above the law, and shall be subject to no-one but God; and we beseech God to bless Her Imperial Majesty Christina the First, the Empress and Autocrat of Bristain and Ireland, to reign with long and happy years over us."
The population of Bristain and her possessions were shocked. Their King, a semi-constitutional monarch, had been replaced with a Empress, a absolute monarch. Their country had been converted from a United Kingdom to a United Empire overnight. Most people, however, quickly overtook their qualms and generally supported the new Empress Christina. The Empress promised to reign with "concern and care for her subjects". In the meantime, the Empress secretly ordered her brother, the former King, exiled to Sholai, a isolated village in the hot and humid British colony of Rebecca. However, she made clear instructions for him to be well-treated and taken care of.
Bristain's path had been changed radically. It now only awaited for other nations to respond.
Above: A formal photograph of the deposed King William V, last King of the United Kingdom of Great Bristain and Ireland(reigned 2009-2011, born 1986), 2010.
Above: A informal photograph of Christina, the first Empress of Bristain and Ireland (born 1987, reigned 2011-present) in simple clothing, 2010.