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A question about the events of 1848 in Austria. Why did Archduke Franz Karl renounced his succession rights in favour of his son Franz Joseph, and was it readily accepted by everyone? It was at the end of the Revolution of 1848, if I remember correctly.

Quite so. Yes, it were Russian scientists, although they received some help from their foreign colleagues in the field of forensic science.

A minor correction--the Stuart blood has been present in all British sovereigns, because the Hanoverians were descendants of James I and VI. William is the first British royal for a long time who is descended from Charles I and Charles II as well.

One of the leading Russian forensic experts who examined the Romanov remains was delivering a lecture to us medical students several years ago, and he touched the subject of the Romanov family. He told us that he and his colleagues had been quite sure that it is Maria who is missing.

I am curious what crown is set with the greatest number of gemstones? Is it the Imperial Crown of India?

No. The Dukedom of York was created in 1986 with the ordinary remainder to heirs male.

Nevertheless, her reign was far from stellar or ideal--Mary of Scotland cannot, IMHO, be viewed as a kind of ideal monarch. The main reason for that? She was unsuccessful. She could not rein in the nobles, manoeuvring between Moray, Maitland, Darnley, Bothwell, not showing the necessary...

By the way, what traditional royal dukedoms are available now for William? The dukedom of Cambridge, I'm sure, and which other titles?

A little less, if you ask this gynaecologist (yes, I'm one :)), but 10 hours is indeed nothing unusual. Congratulations to Denmark, to Frederik and to Mary!

Ultimately Blair decided to let the post of Lord Chancellor stand; the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 only divested Lord Chancellor of functions of Speaker of the House of Lords and Head of the Judiciary. Yes, the PM's omission is interesting--and justified.

From the Regency Act 1937: 'If the following persons or any three or more of them, that is to say, the wife or husband of the Sovereign, the Lord Chancellor, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Lord Chief Justice of England, and the Master of the Rolls, declare in writing that they are...

I'm not sure about Princess Margaret, but the Duke of Edinburgh was named as a regent-designate in the Regency Act 1953: 'His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, if living, shall be the Regent unless, or (as the case may be) until, there is a child or grandchild of Her Majesty and His Royal...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of_succession_to_the_British_Throne Wiki gives us a list of 883 persons.

The Counsellors of State are more of a 'subset of a chairperson' :) of the Privy Council--they act as substitutes to the monarch, which incudes presiding at the Privy Council meetings when the monarch is unable to do it.

England has a royal family--the same family as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have. If you're so nitpicky--there is no British royal family as well, only the royal family of the United Kingdom.

Actually, the opposite thing exists. From the Statute of Westminster: 'And whereas it is meet and proper to set out by way of preamble to this Act that, inasmuch as the Crown is the symbol of the free association of the members of the British Commonwealth of Nations, and as they are united by a...

Hope so. I'm an Anglophile, and I really want to watch a British coronation on TV. :)

Erm... Yes, what is a quaint oddity for me is a blatant discrimination for republicans. Still I think it is too complicated to effect a change in the laws of succession.

Isn't it too inconvenient to pass sixteen necessary laws in sixteen countries? I think that Charles III (or George VII) is going to reign quietly, be content with making Camilla his Queen, and leave the task of changing the Act of Settlement to William V. As for me, I don't think that the ban...

Greek Orthodox Church.

With due respect, Mary Queen of Scots was an unskilful statewoman who did nothing to improve the situation in Scotland. It can be argued that it was impossible in the 1560s; nevertheless, her reign saw only squabbles among nobility, rebellions and plots.

What do you mean, that Isabella of Castile authorised a lot of executions?

Here you are. :) King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV succeeded on the death of his mother Queen Salote Tupou III on 16 December 1965. He was crowned at the Chapel Royal in Nuku'alofa on 4 July 1967.

It is a museum now, I think. BTW, Hitler admired Osborne House and allegedly wanted to make it one of his post-war retreats.

The answer to the question of the thread is still Elizabeth Tudor. She inherited the kingdoms that were in a fine mess, and by the end of her reign England was one of the powerful European states, if not the most powerful. In those times taking part, however minor it was, in a plot that...