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Royal Wills in Britain from 1509 to 2008 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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Royal Wills in Britain from 1509 to 2008 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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This is the first book on Royal Wills since 1780 and aims to take
over where the previous ones (in 1775 and 1780) left off. Therefore
the period 1509 to 2008 is covered. It aims to uncover the many
dilemmas and conundrums they have had to deal with, against a
backdrop of Imperial splendor and political strife, society
scandals and in later instances, a disintegrating infrastructure.
This period covers the wills of Henry VIII, Edward VI and George I,
which all sought to divert the accepted rules of succession; the
wills of Queen Charlotte and George III, which brought into sharp
focus the differences between State and Personal property; and the
wills from Prince Albert to the present day (with a few exceptions)
which sought to exclude the public from seeing their contents, in
devices known as 'closing' and 'sealing up' the wills. The
authority by which the latter was done has been seriously
questioned in signal cases in 2007 and 2008. Sources drawn upon
include not only the Royal Archives, but the Kilmorey Papers in the
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, and the Teck Letters in
Wellington College, where Prince Frank received much of his early
education. The sealed will of Prince Frank of Teck, the brother of
Queen Mary and great-uncle of the present Queen, is the seminal
chapter in this study.
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