Ernest Augustus of Hannover (1771-1851), fifth son of Mad King George III, Duke of Cumberland, King of Hannover (1837-1851), was perhaps born to be Britain's most controversial king that never was: raised in Germany, fought in the French Revolutionary Wars -form which he apropiately received a scar to the face-, spent most of his political career as a Tory Extremist in the House of Lords opposing things such as Catholic Emancipation and the Reform Act of 1832, while in his private life embroiled in scandals, from a happy but somewhat scandalous marriage to infidelity, accusations of murder, alleged incest and secret children, etc.
As such, one can imagine the trepidation of the British public and political class regarding the possibility of such a man inheriting the throne of Britain and Ireland, which not even the birth of Victoria in 1819 could fully alleviate. So, let's imagine that the worst comes to be: Victoria is stillborn -or dies from some childhood illness, those are always good-, meaning that upon the death of William IV, Ernest Augustus becomes King (Ernest Augustus I?, George V? William V?), in what is arguably one of Britain's most crucial decades: the late 30s to 1840s.
So, what issues would the King of Britain, Ireland and Hanniver be facing? The Most Unpopular Man in Britain by a large margin after Napoleon's death, he was loathed by the Whigs and Whig Press, accused of all manners of crimes and ill conduct, not particularly liked by either the Tories, the Peers or even his own family, he was not a skilled orator, tactician or courtier, although he was a hard worker and had some support from, amongst others.
In addition to his own short-comings, there's ,Lord Melbourne and the Whigs in Parliament, traitorous Catholic-loving Peel splitting the Tories and betraying the Orange, Ireland, the Potato Blight and the Great Famine, the Corn laws, the Chartists, the Revolutions of 1848 (which, given his unpopularity and politics, might just spread to Britain ITTL)
Of course, there's always the possibility that he doesn't make it out of 1837-1838 as the scandals pile on and his inability to deal with Peel and Melbourne brings down the government and Ernest Augustus with it.
As such, one can imagine the trepidation of the British public and political class regarding the possibility of such a man inheriting the throne of Britain and Ireland, which not even the birth of Victoria in 1819 could fully alleviate. So, let's imagine that the worst comes to be: Victoria is stillborn -or dies from some childhood illness, those are always good-, meaning that upon the death of William IV, Ernest Augustus becomes King (Ernest Augustus I?, George V? William V?), in what is arguably one of Britain's most crucial decades: the late 30s to 1840s.
So, what issues would the King of Britain, Ireland and Hanniver be facing? The Most Unpopular Man in Britain by a large margin after Napoleon's death, he was loathed by the Whigs and Whig Press, accused of all manners of crimes and ill conduct, not particularly liked by either the Tories, the Peers or even his own family, he was not a skilled orator, tactician or courtier, although he was a hard worker and had some support from, amongst others.
In addition to his own short-comings, there's ,Lord Melbourne and the Whigs in Parliament, traitorous Catholic-loving Peel splitting the Tories and betraying the Orange, Ireland, the Potato Blight and the Great Famine, the Corn laws, the Chartists, the Revolutions of 1848 (which, given his unpopularity and politics, might just spread to Britain ITTL)
Of course, there's always the possibility that he doesn't make it out of 1837-1838 as the scandals pile on and his inability to deal with Peel and Melbourne brings down the government and Ernest Augustus with it.