Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-3125844-20151023152256/@comment-24397663-20151116180653

Lurkenfrau wrote:

Bheadr27 wrote:

Why would his inability to 'produce' children of his own keep Viktor from the throne? That has never been a condition...

I thought that's how it works in royalty, that being able to produce an heir was some sort of requirement to be the King.

The King made that remark about Diana...that "without this child" they would die out. Nope... they want to keep it in the family, but it's not a condition to get crowned.

If the main bloodline has no heir, the throne goes to the next of kin aka a sideline. He was talking about that, as he said 'dying out'. But it wouldn't mean the end of the monarchy altogether. Just... his own dynasty... (happened with Queen Elizabeth I. She had no children of her own, so the direct bloodline of the Tudors ended with her and the throne went over to the Stuarts, Jacob I. beeing a distant relative of her.)

In Grimm-terms that means, since the king had only one official son Viktor was proclaimed the next heir. He's Seans cousin. Which means the king had at least one sibling, who is either dead or wasn't eligible to be the next heir... i.e. a sister for to be Viktors parent. Or he's the offspring of an even a more distant relative like being the child of one of the kings uncles or aunts... (royal families tends to be huge ;-)) About the 'not eligible' part, for those who don't know about it, in most monarchys only male individuals can become heirs to the throne, even if there are older female relatives closer in the family tree... Females only get to be Queen, if there are no male relatives. Just take a look at the british monarchy. QEII. only 'got the job', because after her uncle died there was no male Windsor left... (if I remember correctly...). Or the spanish... Two older sisters, but the throne wnet to her younger brother. There are many excamples. The swedish monarchy only has a female heir because they changed the laws for Victoria.

(Ah, I just read that since 2011 female children are treated as equals and male are no longer preferred... that's interesting...)

Given that, the king could have put Diana higher up in line than Viktor, but still he would have had to ackowledge Sean officially...

And to follow that line of thought... Viktor could've lost his position as heir, if the king had succeded in his wish to make Diana an official Princess... huh... Where does that put good ol' Viktor in this whole plan?