THE KING OVER THE WATER

We look back at the barriers that prevented a young Stuart prince from ascending to the throne that was rightfully his

KIRSTEN HENTON

Mischievous rumours circulated that Mary had suffered a stillbirth and that the baby had been switched with James who’d been smuggled inJ James Francis Edward Stuart, the Catholic Stuart prince, held a claim to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland for over 64 years, yet was never crowned. Known as The Old Pretender and later remembered as the father of Bonnie Prince Charlie, he spent much of his life in exile as the figurehead of the Jacobite cause. A CONTROVERSIAL BIRTH James was born into controversy in London on 10 June 1688. The first and only son of King James VII of Scotland & II of England and his second wife, Mary of Modena, as a Catholic Italian, his very existence was instantly called into question. He arrived some…

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