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This is the same reason why some Scottish people object to the late Queen Elizabeth being called "the Second".
by chrisbaker98 4y ago
This is the same reason why some Scottish people object to the late Queen Elizabeth being called "the Second".
- dboreham 4y agoSome? Edit: it's just wrong is what people object to. She was the first Elizabeth of the country. Same thing for James VI (not James I which was a different dude). Seemingly the government agreed because mailboxes in Scotland don't have EIIR : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillar_Box_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillar_Box_War
- chrisbaker98 4y agoJames isn't a good example because he was and still is commonly referred to as "James VI and I". I learnt that in primary school. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_VI_and_I Likewise for his son, James VII and II. AFAIK Elizabeth is the only post-Union monarch who took an "England only" regnal number that didn't gel with Scottish history.
- chrisbaker98 4y agoToo late to edit but I realised there's another one: William "IV" was only the third William to rule Scotland. I guess we're in for another round of this when Charles dies and William the "fifth" takes the throne, although at the rate we're going Scotland might be a republic by then.