u/TrueDentist2000

Would they rather give up their royal title in the past to be here?

You can choose when they were Prince/Princesses or monarch to teleport them to the present.

I’m so curious as to what the everloving fuck the public would’ve thought about a previous historical monarch still being alive through time travel ☺️

I find this photograph really interesting, so I'm posting it here!

I think it's especially neat how Alexandra's skirt isn't as voluminous and long, you can even see her shoes!! It's so cool looking at these more practical dresses when they're worn by royalty, since they're usually seen mostly by the middle or lower classes. Sweet!

For me:

Anne: likely yeah, i am like Abigail Masham in many ways, but shyer, can't see why not

Victoria: no lol

Alexandra of Denmark: i mean probably yeah, i don't see any traits of mine that'd make her dislike me, she was really compassionate and sweet.

Charlotte Augusta of Wales: also yeah!

theres just one problem though and thats my race 😭 ignore that

William IV- I take enjoyment on how much he hated fancy frou frou ceremonies and even tried to sell Buckingham Palace lmaoo. Basically the antithesis of his older brother George IV and I find that awesome. He liked rambling on in his speeches like I do in conversations with my friends. His dislike and complete uninterest for opera, literature and the arts is commendable lol. He was simple and plain and didn't like extravagance, what's not to like? Abolished slavery across most of the Empire (even though he was a fierce defender of it and only signed the bill because it was passed by Parliament lolololol), expanded voting rights for the middle class and set limits to child labor. Neat! Oh and his sheer refusal to die until Victoria turned 18 is also very respectable.

Princess Sophia- I think she is just SO interesting. Her dark sense of humor about how she and her sisters might as well be thrown into the river Thames from their lack of freedom is amazing, and her wish to have a kangaroo because of how dull the "nunnery" was. She was super passionate, even rebellious, and also charming, it's no wonder her niece Charlotte of Wales considered her her favorite aunt! She found her life and the gossip surrounding her fascinating, and thought her to be very different from the rest of the sisters. She's the only aunt who Charlotte trusted completely. Not even mentioning the scandal of her having an illegitimate child, wowie.

Following standard practice, her accoucheur (male midwife) Sir Richard Croft restricted her diet, purged her and bled her regularly during the pregnancy in hopes that the baby would be small enough to deliver. This severely weakened her, and Christian Stockmar—her husband Prince Leopold's physician in-ordinary—saw the treatment as outdated and didn't join the medical team in fear of being blamed if anything went awry as he was a foreigner.

Charlotte was later overdue at 42 weeks and went to labor in her bedroom at Claremont. The first stage lasted 26 hours, Croft and Charlotte's personal physician Matthew Baillie called in Dr. John Sims after the second stage began, but Croft refused to let him enter the room or see the Princess. The second stage lasted for 24 hours.

Croft correctly diagnosed that the baby was in a breech position (feet first instead of head first), but didn't intervene and forceps were not used. Although forceps likely would have resulted in a far less tiring labor, the medical community at the time viewed the tool as dangerous and favored a hands-off approach to delivery. Cesarean sections were out of the question as it would've killed the Princess almost immediately.

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Finally, Charlotte delivered a 9 pound stillborn son. She seemed to have recovered quickly and nourished herself after her long-lasting diet. A little after midnight, however, she began to vomit and complained about pain in her abdomen. Once Croft was called, she was cold to the touch, went into convulsions, bleeding and breathing with extreme difficulty. He placed hot compresses, the accepted way to handle postpartum bleeding, but it didn't stop.

Croft sent a footman to Baillie and Sims, and Baillie gave her wine and brandy mixed with laudanum to energize her from her exhaustion, restore her failing pulse, and manage her abdominal pain. They called in Stockmar, who was initially reluctant to get involved. Charlotte grabbed his hand and said "They have made me tipsy."

Stockmar left to wake Prince Leopold, who took an opiate and collapsed into his bed after the assurance of Charlotte's health following the labor. Stockmar heard Charlotte shout "Stocky! Stocky!" and went back to see her dead. The initial cause was said to be internal bleeding, but modern studies point it to be pulmonary embolism.

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The public outcry was immense. Many blamed the Prince Regent (Charlotte's father) and the Queen (Charlotte's grandmother) for her death because they didn't attend, even though Charlotte told them not to come. Still, the majority of the blame went to Richard Croft. Croft was accused of medical negligence, incompetence and said to have waited too long to intervene. Speculation was widely circulated that forceps could've saved the lives of mother and child, despite most physicians' disfavor of the instrument. The criticism and furious backlash towards Croft did not go ignored by him, and he committed suicide by gun only 3 months later.

This line of deaths—son, mother, and accoucheur, is known as the "triple obstetrical tragedy".

I imagine it’s just one single iphone that victoria allowed the family to use in rotation because she doesn’t trust them getting their own smartphones 🥀 and maybe she was inspired by albert and got the same model and color of iphone as him

technically there's no older mary since she barely lived to age 32, but i think you get what i mean

It makes sense given what happened with William and Mary, but still, the fact that Anne wanted to give George that title despite his lack of ambition is ungodly sweet. They really did love eachother so much it HURTSSS

It's amazing how much she genuinely loved her children, and her taste in fashion was immaculate! The fact that she purposely gave wrong birth dates just so her MIL Victoria wasn't there is so hilarious. I know Bertie treated her well but maaan.

Caroline if ur rolling in your grave give me a sign

I do wonder how this wouldve worked if it rlly happened tho lmao

you can choose whatever age you want them to be when u wake up as them, and cheating early death is possible by making different choices, so their fates aren't destined. what decisions would you make as them? would you try to adapt to their personality to avoid judging stares or act like yourself? would you make everything worse? how will you treat your consorts or your citizens while in their body?

have fun!

>!i kinda want to be caroline of brunswick and be all doting on george iv just to absolutely fuck with his mind, but since she aint the monarch i'll have to be george lol, wonder how that'll go!<

^(coughcoughdahliacoughcough) I think she was just a lovely, warm-hearted person! She had to endure so much and was a competent ruler when she had to be. Both her and Anne's relationships with their husbands is so sweet to read about, even if Mary's didn't start out that way at first

She was aware of her gaps in knowledge about leadership and let William handle most of the work, someone with much more experience, a decision I can respect her for. She did prove that she was capable later on though despite apprehensiveness which is cool!

As much as it is just a matter of opinion, she was far from boring to me. I relate to her deeply sensitive character and I feel she deserves more recognition outside of history circles!!