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From the Royal Archives

Six Generations of Official Wedding Portraits of Rutherford-Kerr Monarchs and their Consorts

Alexandra (b. 1878, d. 1934) and Sir Edward Kerr (b. 1875, d. 1925) — Married on 18 May 1900 (25 years)

Alasdair II (b. 1902, d. 1962) and Lady Eleanor Bowes-Russell (b. 1904, d. 1985) — Married on 23 April 1924 (37 years)

James I (b. 1933, d. 1991) and Lady Catherine Dormer (b. 1935, d. 2006) — Married on 20 November 1958 (32 years)

Alasdair III (b. 1961, d. 2021) and Lady Blythe Spencer-Lyons (b. 1966) — Married on 8 March 1986 (35 years)

James II (b. 1986, d. 2043) and Alibhe Mac Cléirich (b. 1991) — Married on 10 August 2013 (29 years)

Robert I (b. 2016) and Isobel Sutherland (b. 2017, d. 2054) — Married on 29 April 2039

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Then - 15th July 2042

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Wikipedia page of King Robert I After several days, I finally managed to make something that looks like a Wikipedia page. HD version right here

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Then - 5th September 2061

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Then - 14th July 2042

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The present - 30th December 2064

To mark His Majesty King Robert’s 48th birthday, Belgravia Palace released a new portrait to honor the occasion. The photo was taken this passed summer at Highgrove House, by his sister-in-law Mrs. Hana Rutherford. 

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🚲🚪❌ for your choice!

For you Sarah, I chose Ham the man. Please enjoy 😁

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Robert I (Hamish Algernon William Dalgliesh, 30 December 2016) King of Great Briton and Ériu

In Honor of His Majesty The King's 49th birthday, Caernarvon Palace is pleased to release a new photo to mark the occasion. 📸 The Princess of Cymru

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Hamish

To the world he's His Majesty King Robert I but when he's alone, he's just Hamish again.

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I've made it no real secret that Macsen and Theo's mother Isobel dies at some point in my story. It's a point that's not changing, but I do regret that because of that she'll miss seeing her kids grow up. So here, though non canon compliant - Isobel and Theo.

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okay, okay, I love this ask game. 4, 14, 19, and 43 for your fave!

Hi thank you for asking, these questions are a challenge and I think for you my dear, you're gonna a mix answers.

#4 Has your character ever witnessed something that fundamentally changed them? If so, does anyone else know? Three deaths have fundamentally changed Hamish. The first death, his brother's meant he was no longer the spare. He was now heir to the throne and he wasn't prepared for it and there was nothing he could do about it. Then there was his father's death, it came quick and unexpected. He was barely learning the ropes of being heir, now he had to be the head of the household and now, he's also the king but he has his wife. Isobel was his greenlight, his soulmate, really truly his everything. So when she's gets sick, he felt powerless and when she died something died in him too. He gets a little colder and more detached, buried himself in work trying to avoid feeling grief or really an negative emotion. He isn't really as warm as he once was, he's more aloof and just different. His family can see a change but to the people he seems like a strong and capable leader. In the end, it doesn't necessarily matter how he feels or how he's changed if he's doing a good job. Right?

#14 Does your character remember names or faces easier? Hamish is really good about remember faces. Names are always on the tip of his tongue but as long as he can recall your face he can keep up an entire conversations without ever needing to utter your name.

#19 What is your character’s biggest relationship flaw? Has this flaw destroyed relationships for them before? Macsen is inherently selfish and entitled, he spent his entire life being handed everything he could want on a silver platter or rather gold platter, so for him, he's never necessarily had to work for relationships. Because while he was heir, girls were practically throwing themselves at him and they were always doing ten times more to keep his attention. Which meant he had to do nothing but be himself and reap the benefits. For him to have an actual healthy relationship would require reevaluation of his life and how he behaves. He has to learn that you can't just take, if you want real lasting love like what his parents had there's work involved and that you can't always be the one to take and never give. Remember it's better to give then receive, that's just not something Macsen understands. So for him to find real happiness would require actual work on not being a selfish asshole.

#43 Has your character ever had a dependent figure who was not related to them? For Hamish, it's his people. Yes he understands that he is a figurehead who doesn't hold the same powers as the kings of old when their rules were absolute but he does know the people look to him like they would a father. There's an expectation for him to lead by example and to be steadfast. It's rather emotional taxing having to be emotionless and strong all the time. But it's what's expected of him and so it's what he must do. He doesn't hate being king, I think he just hates being neutral all the time but that's his biggest responsibility. To be king for all his people, not just some of them. So even when he'd like to speak on something, he can't or else him might offend some of people. So he focuses on his work and the causes he cares about and just keeps moving forward.

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2, 4, 17, and 23 please!

I'm completely fangirling right now, I have been quietly following along with your story for months. I love it so much and I want Sparkle magazine stop being mean to Eleanor, and Archer is a very handsome sim. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

2. What are your country’s succession laws? Is inheritance restricted in any way by legitimacy, age, gender, ability, or other

Since the onset of the 1920s, after the First Great War succession laws through out the country changed from male-preference primogeniture to absolute primogeniture because the aristocracy was being being wiped out as the male heirs were being killed while fighting. So now regardless of gender, the first born child will inherit. This includes the Rutherford-Kerr royal family, though the line has been fairly male dominated in the past century. Generally to inherit the throne, you need to born first or something has to happen to the first in line to move up position. There's is a legitimacy clause in the kind written down but not really constitution called the Act of Settlement of 1704, which basically states:

Under the Act of Settlement of 1704, only legitimate descendants of the rightfully recognized King Alasdair the first King of Clan Rutherford, can be included in the line of succession. This means adoptive and illegitimate children are excluded, no exceptions.

So using Meredith as an example all of her children are considered legitimate because she is a descendant of King Alasdair and her marriage to her wife Cemile is legally recognized by the law and of the church. Meredith carried all three of her children and in the UK, IVF is legally recognized method of having children and so all her babies are in the line of succession. However illegitimate children are not recognized or adoptive children, illegitimate children because the couple where not legally married and because adoptive children are not from the body of one of Alasdair's descendant.

4. What is the age of majority in your country? What happens if a minor inherits a title?

Eighteen is the legally recognized age of majority in the commonwealth. In the case a minor was to ascend to the throne, they would be given a regent until they reach the age of majority who would act in their stead. In the case of Theo, she was given the title of The Princess of Cymru when she was at the tender age of fifteen and so until she reaches the legal age of majority, her grandmother Alibhe is financially in charge of the Duchy of Kernow, until her eighteenth birthday and then it's transferred to her. Beyond that in the case of like Laosia, the title of Princess Royal is an honorary one, so it had no bearing when she received it and in her case, she was made Princess Royal on her sixteenth birthday. She received title of Duchess of Strathearn upon her marriage to her husband August when she was twenty.

17. Is there a mechanism to remove unpopular or incapable monarchs from the throne?

Yes, so one of the funny quirks of the United Kingdom is the fact that their constitution is not necessarily written down and thus nothing has been codified in a single, written document. So because of that interesting tidbit it gives the parliamentary government more leeway in how to handle the removal of monarch deemed incapable. Though unlikely now because of the devastation it would cause. There is the option of going to war over the throne. During the 17th century that's how Clan Rutherford came to power and why they're still sitting on the throne to this day.

23. Are members of the royal family allowed to marry commoners? Are they allowed to marry citizens of other countries?

Yes and has been that way since the twentieth century. It was still fairly common practice in the nineteenth century for politically motivated arranged marriages to occur but that practice fell out of favour at the dawn of the twentieth century. Both Alibhe and Isobel were commoners before they married Edward and Hamish, respectively. The royal family at large, is allowed to marry citizens of other countries. Though the heir legally, cannot marry a foreign heir because there's no want for the headache of deciding how the countries would be ruled.

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Your monarch(s) is given two options, hand the throne over to another noble family or abolish the monarchy all together. Which do they choose?

Hi Sarah, this is very good question. Thank you for asking me 💖

I might ramble, so to make a long story short Hamish and Theo both as present and future monarchs would sooner see the monarchy be abolished and replaced with a democratic republic before they'd let anyone else take it from them. It's better to see something destroyed then be given to any other noble family. Macsen, given the chance would hand it over not because he loves the monarchy. No, he just wouldn't want to responsibility and this way he'd get to keep most of his titles and they'd still matter not like if the monarchy stopped existing all together.

The Rutherford's were never suppose to be on the throne. The first king from their Clan, was the youngest son of a Chieftain from a small clan in the highlands of Caledonia. They had no claim to the throne, not through the means of birthright or marriage. It was never suppose to be theirs. How they won the throne was with good old fashion bigger army diplomacy. Alasdair I, would be the last king to win his throne by means of combat and because of that there are plenty of noble families in Briton that see the Rutherford's as usurpers unworthy to wear the crown, and they've been fighting for centuries to seal their legitimacy to have the right to rule. So while it would be unthinkable to consider abolishing in the monarchy because to them it's their responsibility to keep it going. It would almost be a sin against the crown and country, to see it be handed to another family to rule in their stead. The house of Rutherford-Kerr is a noble one but also a petty one, that never forgot much less forgave those families that feel their claim to the throne better then theirs. So it's better destroy something then share it with anyone else.