royal succession

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Alright so they are going to move the goal posts, it is hardly a problem(whichever set of rules are being used) that is going to crop up too often when all said and done. The world will carry on spinning around, nonetheless. Now could you please pass me the toast.

Uh, mind passing the jam old boy?

[Jock Scot]

Uh, mind passing the jam old boy?

By all means old chap, but I have eaten all the blackcurrant, so there is either raspberry, or honey comb, at the moment.

[McClef]

A couple of corrections - Edward VIII was King from the moment George V died. He was sworn in during an Accession Council and was de facto Monarch. It is not a Coronation that actually makes someone a monarch.

As to if the Duke or York had refused the crown it would still have followed the established inheritance procedures and his issue, in this case his eldest daughter would then have been offered the Crown though this would have been as a Regency until she turned 18. If she or her sister had also refused it it would then be offered to the next in line which would have been Edward's next eldest brother - Henry Duke of Gloucester, then to George Duke of Kent and only then to Princess Mary, the Princess Royal even though she was older than the latter two.

Even if Edward had kept his throne and had died childless the present Queen would still have inherited the Throne but some 20 years later than she did.