Kingdom of Britain
George III was King of the Kingdom of Britain. (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street [+]Loading...["The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
By one account, in the 5th or 6th century, King Arthur was King of Britain. (GAME: Doctor Who Trump Card Game [+]Loading...["Doctor Who Trump Card Game (game)"])
By another account, in 924, the coronation of Athelstan occurred and he, according to the Tenth Doctor, became the first King of Britain. (TV: Planet of the Dead [+]Loading...["Planet of the Dead (TV story)"]) His predecessors, Alfred the Great and Edward of Wessex, had united the smaller kingdoms of England during their reigns. (PROSE: The Man Who Wouldn't Give Up [+]Loading...["The Man Who Wouldn't Give Up (short story)"], AUDIO: The Lady of Mercia [+]Loading...["The Lady of Mercia (audio story)"])
George III ruled over the "Kingdom of Britain", by one account, (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street [+]Loading...["The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)"]) in the 18th and 19th centuries. (AUDIO: In the Year of the Cat [+]Loading...["In the Year of the Cat (audio story)"], PROSE: Grass [+]Loading...["Grass (short story)"], The Adventuress of Henrietta Street [+]Loading...["The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)"], COMIC: Political Animals [+]Loading...["Political Animals (comic story)"], Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses [+]Loading...["Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses (comic story)"], AUDIO: Frostfire [+]Loading...["Frostfire (audio story)"]) In 1759, the Tenth Doctor referred to the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland". (PROSE: The Many Hands [+]Loading...["The Many Hands (novel)"])
By 1879, Victoria was indeed Queen of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland". (TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"])
Later on, the nation was known as the "United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland", as stated by the Eleventh Doctor. (TV: The Beast Below [+]Loading...["The Beast Below (TV story)"]) In 2009, John Frobisher identified himself as Permanent Secretary to the Home Office of "the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland." (TV: Children of Earth: Day Three [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)"])
Other realities[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the Game of Napoleon and Wellington, the kingdom of England broke off from the United Kingdom, splitting from the separate kingdoms of Scotland and Wales. The Countess was aware that the United Kingdom was a nation which "started out as separate little kingdoms that gradually unified" and, upon the collapse of Napoleon's World Empire, they were encouraged by the Players to "revert to type". (PROSE: World Game [+]Loading...["World Game (novel)"])
