What is the name of the "real king of England"? and where is he?

Question

I heard he's down in Austrailia... any help thx.

Answer 1

Elizabeth is the "real ruler" of England. She was born the oldest daughter of the previous English king, King George VI, and had no brothers; therefore Queen Elizabeth II is the English monarch by heredity.  She is Queen Regent--"regent" meaning "ruler."  Her father became king after his older brother, King Edward VIII, abdicated his throne to marry a divorcee, Wallis Simpson.

As her husband, Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, is Prince Consort to the queen.

Answer 2

we dont have 1,the queen has got a husband but i dont think hes the king

he is prince philip the duke of edinburgh.

Answer 3

Of course the problem with that program is that the current queen's claim to the throne doesn't come from descent from Edward IV in any case. It comes through Henry VII, who claimed the throne via female and illegitimate lines, but who ended up winning the throne anyway.

Regardless of the legal niceties, descent from the Plantagenant line was all sorted out during the Wars of The Roses. If the family of the "king" couldn't grab the throne back in the 1480s, then its probably a bit late in the day to claim it now.

Of course, if Australia chooses not to become a republic, it would be great if we got him as out own king, but I don't think that's gonna happen somehow.

Answer 4

Yes he is some Aussie guy named Peter. Tony Robinson will tell you more.

Your question seems to have been misinterpreted by the answers below. I saw the documentary on channel 4 and I think it was something to do with Henry VI being illegitimate.

Answer 5

News Article from BBC NEWS world:

A forklift truck driver in a remote Australian town is the rightful King of England, a historian has claimed. Dr Michael Jones says Queen Elizabeth's claim to the throne is false because her distant ancestor, Edward IV, was illegitimate.

He concludes that the crown should have passed instead through another royal line which today ends at British-born Michael Abney-Hastings, 62. He said it was "unlikely" that he would go to Buckingham Palace to claim the crown.

Dr Jones' thesis, explored in a recent television documentary, suggests that Edward IV, who reigned from 1461 to 1483, was conceived when his parents were 160 kilometres apart. His "father", Richard Duke of York, was fighting the French at Pontoise, near Paris, while his mother, Lady Cicely Neville, was at court in Rouen.

She was said to be spending much of her time in the company of a local archer with whom she was rumoured to be having an affair. Dr Jones said Edward IV's alleged illegitimacy means the crown should instead have been passed down the Plantagenet line - ending at Mr Abney-Hastings.

The unlikely heir lives in Jerilderie, a small town 640km southwest of Sydney, in New South Wales, where he moved from the UK as a teenager. The farm forklift truck driver said he had already known he was descendant of the Plantagenet family - and 14th Earl of Loudon in Scotland - but never guessed he could be a contender to the throne.

Buckingham Palace, meanwhile, refused to respond specifically to the claims, saying any conclusions reached in the television documentary were "a matter for the programme makers".

Answer 6

There is no King of England at the present time.  If and when Elizabeth turns her power over to Charles,or she dies, whichever comes first, he will then become king, but while she still holds the strings, there isn't a king.

Her husband, Phillip, is the Prince Regent - not king.

Answer 7

Yes I saw the same program that has been mentioned

The Guy was asked Would He like to change places He answered no He was happy the way He was

He did "Knight" the interviewer ...With a Twig

Unlike this lot the Guy had a great sense of humour