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Entry: Which Scots conservatism: unionist or nationalist? Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/which_scots_conservatism_unionist_or_nationalist#26917 Post contents: Thanks for the report, Andrew. I have a few conservative Scottish friends for whom the issues you raise are quite real. The next few years could be quite interesting. Boudicca, The Stewart claimant to the throne of Scotland, England, and Ireland is a Bavarian Wittelsbach. The direct male Stewart line died out with the death of Henry Cardinal Stewart in, I think it was 1807. The present Bavarian claimant has a better claim to the throne than the Windsors, but is a Catholic (thus excluded by English law). The Hanoverians have been securely in place since the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie and "the '45," and there is very little real sentiment to show them out. An interesting story of sorts: Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, the Kaiser's last surviving Field Marshal and an opponent of Hitler, was apparently invited to England by the Royal Stewart Society on the occasion of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Some members of the Stewart Society proceeded to have a mock coronation (replete with double malt Scottish whisky) I don't think Rupprecht, then in his 80s, attended, but he did reportedly wear a Royal Stewart tartan kilt on various occasions. I'm not sure how much of the story is apocyphal, but it makes good telling, all the same. Sent at: 2008 12 01