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In response to "okay, in other news, if Scotland actually proceeds w/ a move towards independance from England, (monarchial question / consideration IM) . . ." by i'm not dead yet !

the union is complicated, there's about 400 years of history. James VI/I unified the crowns in ~1600, and there's the acts of union ~1700,

Posted by mafic Aug 17 '14, 21:36

and probably others. if Scotland goes republic, they'll be dissolving the union, and likely getting rid of the crown altogether. if they decide to keep the monarchy for whatever reason, and the queen accepts, she'd just become the queen of Scotland as well. She's already Queen of like 15 or 16 separate countries.

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in 1996 the British govt. returned the Stone of Scone to Scotland -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 17, 21:41

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the union is complicated, there's about 400 years of history. James VI/I unified the crowns in ~1600, and there's the acts of union ~1700,

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