I hope I’m asking this question in the right place (and I did search first, to see whether any such question had been asked already):
Prior to the death of Elizabeth II, Princess Charlotte was fourth in the British line of succession, yes? After her grandfather, then-Prince Charles, her father, Prince William, and her elder brother, Prince George. Let’s suppose that the MCU “Blip” had happened in real life, and Charles, William and George had all been among the ones blipped. Presumably that would have made Charlotte the Heir Apparent, yes? My question, in three parts:
If Elizabeth dies during the Blip, but before Charlotte turns 18, does Charlotte become Queen?
If not, who sits on the throne until Charlotte becomes of age?
Yes or no, what happens when the Blipped people come back?
And, as a follow-up hypothetical, same question(s) as above, except what if the Blip happens during Charles and/or William’s reign? Like, in the MCU, the Blip lasted five years. And Charlotte was born in 2015, so let’s say that the Blip happens in 2030, and the same people as in the above hypothetical get blipped/are left behind… How do things play out?
You can be King or Queen at any age. If a monarch succeeds to the throne while still a minor, a regent will be appointed until the monarch comes of age.
As for coming back, the monarchy is way down on the list of legal implications that would have to have been worked out.
On your hypothetical, it would be Princess Charlotte, who would be heir apparent, because it would seem that her father, Prince William, was dead. She would become Queen.
Her uncle Harry would become regent, assuming he’s not been blipped.
For question 3, assuming they all come back after Elizabeth’s death, then Charles would be king and Charlotte would cease to be monarch. Presumably. Legislation would likely need to be passed to confirm it all.
No, I can’t. It’s not a situation for which there’s any precedent or even any anticipation, so the relevant laws don’t say what would happen. Which would mean that it would be up to Parliament to resolve it. And until such time as Parliament resolved it, no answer would exist.
I"m not that familiar with MCU. Did the blipped people just disapperar? Was it known that they’d be back? If not, then I would think they’re presumed dead and Charlotte reigns.
If it’s known that they’ll be back, then Harry would be regent for his father, Charles, until Charles comes back. Charles would not be available for the performance of his functions, so s. 3 of the Regency Act, 1937 would apply.
Half of all sentient life was removed from existence entirely throughout the universe, and no one knew they could be brought back, let alone would be brought back.
I remember threads in which we talked about the Avengers movie in which the blip occurred and it didn’t seem to make sense to eliminate half of all life, but that’s what I remember the dialogue said.
A lot of things about the Blip don’t make sense, if you think about them too closely. For starters, if half of all humans suddenly disappeared with the snap of a finger, then the secondary effects would end up killing most of the rest.