Recent content by Neala

Edward VI was the last Edward until Victoria's son took the throne although I'm not sure why. Edward VI isn't really remembered for a lot unless you have some idea of history. But yeah, Henry is a different matter. There hasn't been a Henry since VIII and I doubt there will be again. Although I...

I think you might mean Henry VIII ;)

The POD would probably need to be earlier. Whilst that change would mean that events happened differently, British and English interference was already set in stone by that point. I actually think that perhaps the latest you can find a POD to protect Ireland from the worst of English and British...

I don't disagree with you. It just wasn't at all relevant to the people making the decisions at the time. To make your original suggestion occur, you need to change their calculations Yep. Hence one of the reasons that that area has been a central theatre of war for so many centuries True...

The problem is that Hanover is a strategic liability for Britain if they are linked together politically whilst Ireland is a strategic liability if they aren't. That's the driving force that you would need to overcome. The rest is just window dressing What I mean by the above is by being linked...

Yes, they could have. Equally if they'd sent a captain who was less trigger happy they could have avoided it too. Actually, they could have done with a touch of Starfleet at that encounter ;)

You know, you really need to be patient. It takes a long time to research and write the quality of updates that Astrodragon produces. It can take months, indeed a year or more. 3 days without an update does not mean the story is dead

Britain hasn't been successfully invaded since 1066 - because we don't call the successful ones invasions

that's not such a bad idea :p

I always thought that of that thread which had the mighty carriers of the third reich destroy the RN

even more than 'throw banana'?

I suppose it was before your time https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=205591 it became something of a standing joke for a while

Why not just invade via the frisian islands ;) *sneaks away before the inevitable howls of protest*

Boris was a well known celebrity before he became mayor - he was a regular guest on Have I got News for You for instance

There are persistent rumours that Andrew is in fact gay and this was known about by all parties prior to his marrying Fergie so you may in fact find the answer to your question to be 'OTL' :)