U.K. monarch numbering
Posted by Forrest on 8/12/2021, 12:13:32
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When King James of Scotland became king of England he seemed to have done so as James I of England while retaining his different reigning number in Scotland. Why does the current monarch, Elizabeth II, intend to be Elizabeth II of the U.K. when Scotland hasn't had an Elizabeth I of their own? Why were the late Edwards numbered as they were when there hadn't been Edwards in Scotland?
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