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Are the Prospects of Returning a Staart to the Throne Ever a Strong Possibility?
There was also a war in ireland at the same time, which ran all the way through. The one that came closest to success was the rising of 17 forty five where and the charles edward stuart's commanders forced him to turn back from derby when he wanted to mgo on to london. And so we really don't know what would have happened after that, but probably there would have been enough anti catholicism and enough british troops and british allied troops in the field to defeat them? We don't know. But that was the closest they should have come, but didn't.
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