The Anglo-Scottish Stuarts have steadfastly refused to convert to Protestantism.

The Electress Sophia of Hanover predeceases the last Protestant Stuart ruler in Britain, Queen Anne, by a few months.

She had collapsed after rushing to shelter from a shower of rain in Herrenhausen gardens, dying on May 28, 1714, at the age of eighty-three.

Her son George is now Anne's direct heir, as the Queen's second cousin.

He swiftly revises the membership of the Regency Council that will take power after Anne's death, as it is known that Anne's health is failing and politicians in Britain are jostling for power.