King and Queen of Makonia found dead; 7-year-old made King!
King Kresimir V of Makonia dies at 38 in double suicide with wife, 28 year old Queen Charlotte.
Natala de la Maroux (@NatalaMG)
September 18, 2088 | Bagata, Makonia
King Kresimir V, 38-year-old ruler of Makonia was found dead of epidermal poison yesterday in Bagata palace alongside his wife, Charlotte of Lüneburg, 28, also dead from the same mysterious poison and 8 hours later the Makonian royal privy council named his son, Crown Prince Kresimir, 7, as the new King.
The Makonian police director-general told an emergency session of the royal privy council last night that the King's and Queen's deaths were self-inflicted, a double suicide via poison that the two gave to one another.
The relatively young King, whose death occurred on the eve of a projected trip to the newly established Makonian colonies, had been dealing personally with protests in the city for the last two days. He arose yesterday and took some medicine and communicated with the capital city's chief of police before suddenly canceling his schedule. Nothing was known of his actions from that time until his and his wife's bodies were found by a servant in the bedroom about 3 p.m.
The entire nation was stunned by his death. The King had gained little popularity, being conferred the title of Kresimir the Tyrant for his authoritarian policies and brutal crushing of the constitutionalists two years ago, whilst his wife Queen Charlotte has been called the Evil Queen for being the chief architect in the creation of concentration camps and deportation of millions, sparking a massive refugee crisis. The royal privy council unanimously affirmed Kresimir and Charlotte's son, Crown Prince Kresimir as the new king, selecting the regnal name of Kresimir VI, rising together to signal his succession with a chant.
Kresimir VI, the new king is seven years old and currently attends a private elementary academy. The royal privy council also appointed a three-person council of regency to guide the new king in matters of state. Prince Sunjia Zgela, grandfather of the new child king, told the legislature he would recommend a premier to the new regency, but legislative sources said there was little doubt that the former business mogul himself would receive the post.
Instead, heading the regency council is 48 year old Princess Vasnja, daughter of Princess Jagoda and first-cousin of the late Kresimir V, who is to be the chief executive figure in this new regime of the kingdom. Princess Regent Vasnja's young, attractive daughter, Princess Vasnja Đurđević, was prostrate with grief as she joined her mother at the palace in these grim times for the royal family.
King Kresimir was born the grandson of the late Queen Jelena III, the only child of Princess Elena of Makonia and Sunjia Zgela, and made history marrying Polongian princess, Charlotte of Lüneburg, granddaughter of then Empress Josephine of Polonge, with whom he had two children, Kresimir and Elena. Kresimir rapidly ascended the throne following the tragic deaths of his mother, grandmother and his aunt, Queen Mateja who was assassinated shortly after ascending the throne herself. Disaster dotted his reign as Bagata burned in a devasting fire, and a massive displacement crisis was brutally mismanaged by the Queen.
King Kresimir and Queen Charlotte's private lives were mostly confined to the royal palaces of Makonia, his fellow monarchs, notably neighbors Cinyras and Racraigua as the king existed aloof to the lives of his subjects, instead, bending to the interests of the wealthy and powerful both domestically and abroad. The double suicide of the King and Queen is a mysterious one, with the poison believed to have been the same substance found in the mysterious deaths of the late Queen and King of Aellyria and there has been some speculation of a connection to the death of Prince Arthur of the Netherlands.
At this time there is no evidence of foul play in the death of the monarchs. Mourners were far and few in between as many had little love for the pair, especially with the massacre of yesterday done on their orders still fresh in the memories of the citizens, with hundreds still fighting for their lives. It is hoped that the new reign of this new child king, Kresimir VI shall mark a change in the relationship between the monarchy and the people with the popular Princess Vasnja leading as Regent of Makonia