I Wish To Be the King Of England

The English crown is the oldest monarchy that continues to exist today. Queen Elizabeth the second, has been the ruler for more than half a century ago; probably one of the longest reigns on the crown´s history. The British monarchs have always represented the elite European society and the power of the United Kingdom. The monarchy is passed from king to his successor at death, just as queen Elizabeth did to King James in the seventieth century.The change from being part of the nobility or the high social status to king must be incredible. The change should have been more radical than it is today in the seventieth century. The British crown at the time, was probably one of the richest the hole know world had. It competed with Spain and France for the control of the Americas and Africa. Until the moment, the decay of the British Empire hadn’t taken place, the US and parts of Canada were still under their rule, there was not such intention of independence.King James went from being the King of Scotland (the poorest empire in all Europe and insignificant compared to the British monarchy) to become the monarch of the United Kingdom as, “James was in bed, yet not at sleep, when he had learned that he had become king of England. He had been king of Scotland since he was a year old.” (Nicolson, pp 4)On the first months of his rules he made was simply astonished by the great amount of money he owned. The first year of his rule, he made a journey around his empire, as, “James left Edinburgh for a journey in his new kingdom. It lasted over a month, spreading on through the beautiful spring… nobility, gentleman, and chancers from north and south of the border accompanied him. It was a calcavade. Most rode on horses.” (Nicolson, pp 129) the extravagances are note as, “The wife of the French ambassador was carried to London in a chair of slings, eight porters hired for the task, four to carry four to relive.” (Nicolson, pp 12)The change that James had, was so fortunate to have, I dream of it. On the first months I would not leave Buckingham palace, I would spend all of my time between reading, and eating the best food the hole world can offer (obviously I would have to do some political job, and all other things that a British monarch has to do, I mean of the remaining time) God, I wish I could be the King of England!