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The Kingdom of Scone grew out of an earlier incarnation of a miniature kingdom known as the Glennish Kingdom, of which Scone was a member. | The Kingdom of Scone grew out of an earlier incarnation of a miniature kingdom known as the Glennish Kingdom, of which Scone was a member. | ||
In 2014, | ==Reign of King James== | ||
In 2014, Scone became independent of the Glennish Kingdom and formed its own parliament. At the time of independence, the Lord Lieutenant over the Sconnish realm, James Richard Edward George, became [[Sir James Murphy|James, King of the Sconnish]] on 17 March 2014. Since then, the Kingdom of Scone functioned as a community of citizens, government ministers, and nobles with their own parliament and various institutions of state. | |||
==Regency | In January 2016, the other constituent kingdom of the former Glennish Kingdoms, the miniature Kingdom of Hanover, passed into the King's hands by inheritance when Hanover's king unexpectedly abdicated in James' favor. The miniature Kingdom of Hanover, founded by James back in 2002, was once again his to reign over, and he was enthroned a second time to commence his second Hanoverian reign. Not long after James' second installation as Hanover's king, the Kingdom of Hanover was divided by treaty between James and a rival claimant for the Hanoverian throne. The part retained by King James would eventually become the Colonial Province of Glennish Hanover. | ||
The bulk of cultivating the Sconnish community, as it exists today, happened directly under the reign of King James, either as fully-formed practices and traditions, or as the groundwork for future progress. | |||
===Regency and Abdication=== | |||
In April 2018, the Royal Court announced that Prince Edward, the Prince Royal would be acting as Regent of Scone for an undetermined length of time while King James retired from public life and affairs of state. The Regency Period was scheduled to start on 21 May and continue indefinitely. | In April 2018, the Royal Court announced that Prince Edward, the Prince Royal would be acting as Regent of Scone for an undetermined length of time while King James retired from public life and affairs of state. The Regency Period was scheduled to start on 21 May and continue indefinitely. | ||
On 17 September of that same year, after four months of regency, King James announced his intention to abdicate the throne. The instrument of abdication was signed that day and took effect on 1 October. | |||
==Reign of King Edward== | ==Reign of King Edward== | ||
At noon on 1 October 2018, the Prince Royal ascended the throne as King Edward. Sconnish citizens generally lauded the transfer of power and celebrated the new king. During the reign of the new king, he continued his work with the college of Tartannac; an institution he created when he first joined the kingdom, having a keen interest in heraldry and vexillology. He also introduced two new orders of chivalry into Scone: The Most Honourable order of the Glennish Empire and The Most Noble Order of the Baronial Eagle. Ultimately, the reign of King Edward came to an end on 5 March 2020 after less than two years on the throne. | |||
==Reign of King Erik== | ==Reign of King Erik== | ||