1) Would the Queen remain Queen of Scotland?
The Queen will be Queen of Scotland
even after independence, just as she is Queen of Australia or Canada, since the
Union of the Crowns of 1603 — when James VI of Scotland also became James I of
England — precedes even the Union of the nations of 1707. However, the Scots
could, as a sovereign nation, choose to become a republic, inside or outside
the Commonwealth.
A third alternative, though less
likely, is that they could choose to ignore the ‘Glorious Revolution’ of 1688,
which saw King James II of England (who was also James VII of Scotland) deposed
in favour of William of Orange.
If they did so, they could invite the
man regarded by some as James’s legitimate heir, the ‘Stuart Pretender’, to
replace the English Queen. That would mean the present Duke of Bavaria becoming
King Francis II of Scotland. However, Duke Franz claims to be perfectly content
where he is.
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