Britain39;sRealMonarch,EdwardIV的王位

BritainsRealMonarchwasahistoricaldocumentarypresentedbyTonyRobinsonfirstshownonChannel4on3January2004.ThedocumentarydiscussesthedescendantsofGeorgePlantagenet,DukeofClarence,andtheirclaimtothethroneofEngland.Contents.Theprogrammebaseditsthesisonthecenturies-oldclaimthatEdwardIVwasillegitimate,borntoCecilyNevillebyanEnglisharcherwhileherhusband,Richard,DukeofYork,wasfightingelsewhereinFrance.ThelegitimacyofEdwardIVwasthesubjectofspeculationatthetime,andadocumentinRouenCathedralispresentedbyDrMichaelJonesasindicatingthatRichard,DukeofYork,andCecilyNevillewereabout100miles(160km)apartduringthefive-weekperiodwhenEdwardsconceptionmusthaveoccurred[assumingthatthepregnancywenttoanormalterm].ThistheorisedillegitimacyofEdwardwouldbararightfulclaimforhimselfandhisdescendants.ThiswouldhavetheeffectofmakingtheheirsofRichardandCecilysson,George,DukeofClarence,thequot;realquot;monarchs.SuchalineatthetimewasrepresentedbyMichaelAbney-Hastings,14thEarlofLoudoun,whohademigratedtoAustraliain1960,married,fatheredfivechildren,andlivedinJerilderie,NewSouthWalesuntilhisdeathinJune2012.TheeldestsonofMichaelAbney-Hastings,SimonAbney-Hastings,nowholdstheTitleofEarlofLoudoun.[citationneeded]