Edward VII's funeral and farewell ceremony was even larger than Queen Victoria's.

In fact, the British have also felt the crisis in recent years. At this time, unlike the glorious Victorian era, the British Empire already had many rivals in the limelight.

The German Empire, in particular, not only maintained a strong size and combat effectiveness in terms of the army, but also desperately caught up with the British Empire in terms of the navy.

As the strategy of the German Empire gradually expanded from international to international, the German Empire and the British Empire gradually moved towards opposites.

For the time being, the German Empire is currently the most powerful enemy of the British Empire, and it is also the enemy most likely to replace the British Empire as the new world hegemon.

At such moments, the British people are even more nostalgic for the glorious glory of the Victorian era.

At the height of the Victorian era, the British Empire was the most powerful country in the world, and other competitors did not pose much of a threat to the British Empire.

After the grand farewell ceremony, many British people were reluctant to disperse for a long time, and spontaneously organized to commemorate the two Victorian monarchs outside the royal mausoleum and in some streets.

The European nobles who came to attend the funeral of Edward VII held a grand royal gathering at the invitation of George V.

How grand was this royal gathering? There are ten monarchs, and the lowest of them is also the king.

It also has a number of queens, crown princes, princes and grand dukes, as well as dignitary dukes.

Some dukes with relatively ordinary status are not even qualified to appear at such a party, which is enough to see the high standard and level of this party.

At the banquet, the members of the European royal family were basically in a state of small talk. Usually, these people can be said to live in the north and south, each on their own.

For example, a monarch like Arthur, who is usually far away from Europe, may not come once in a few years.

Even European monarchs like Wilhelm II do not necessarily have time to get together with other royal families because of their busy domestic affairs.

Of course, it is also important to note that European countries are now divided into two distinct factions.

As members of European countries, the actions of these royals also greatly influenced the views of their countries. Of course, the views of the countries in which they live also greatly influence their behavior.

To take a simple example, if the government and people of a country are particularly close to the United Kingdom, the ruler of the country must take into account the opinions of the domestic government and the people, even if they have better relations with the German imperial family.

After all, even if the monarchy is still the mainstream of Europe and even the world, it cannot be denied that the power of the monarchs of various countries has gradually weakened, and there are fewer and fewer monarchs with real power.

The protagonist of this banquet was, of course, George V. Although the status and status of a German emperor like Wilhelm II is no worse than that of George V, after all, it is currently in London, the home of George V, and it is understandable that George V has become the protagonist.

In fact, Arthur was looking forward to the change of attitude in Britain after George V's accession to the throne. Don't underestimate the authority of the current European royal family, although the power of a single monarch does not seem so great, but the entire European royal family together can also represent five European powers, including Britain, Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Kingdom of Italy, as well as many small and medium-sized European monarchies.

Most of the European monarchies were involved in the First World War, which indirectly led to the weakening of the European monarchies after the war.

As one of the monarchs from the royal families of Europe, Arthur felt the need to make some preparations in advance to protect the monarchy.

Even if it's for yourself, try to keep as many European royal families as possible. After all, throwing out national interests, monarchies have a better environment for cooperation.

By preserving more monarchies, we can also bear the ideals of liberal democracy that have spread wildly around the world since the end of World War II, and defend the tradition of monarchy that has been passed down for thousands of years.

Arthur's idea of protecting the royal power has won the approval and approval of many European royal families. After all, this proposal is from the point of view to protect the interests of all monarchies and royal families.

However, the implementation of the idea encountered considerable difficulties. Although the power of the monarchs of various countries has weakened, it is still the heyday of the monarchy.

Among the eight great powers of the world, except for the United States and France, all other countries are monarchies.

And France is also constantly changing between the republic and the monarchy, and there are not many royalists and people close to the royal family in the country.

Under such circumstances, members of the royal family are naturally not enthusiastic about promoting the implementation of this treaty.

After all, everyone's rights seem to be solid, and there seems to be no need to do anything for the sake of this treaty.

After all, as members of the royal family of the country, they naturally can't easily promise something if they don't have to.

At least for the help of the royal families of other countries in vain, their domestic political forces are most likely unwilling.

To put it bluntly, this kind of thing is to use the power of the state for the private interests of the royal family, and it is even very likely that the army will be sent to war.

There aren't many royal families in Europe that can do this, and even fewer who can send their own armies to the royal families of other countries.

For now, the royal families of a very small number of small countries have the idea to reach such an agreement.

After all, the position of the royal family in a small country is the most unstable, and the country is very likely to lead to the deposition of the royal family in a political struggle.

And if the royal family has a prominent family background like Bulgaria, the king will generally not be deposed, at most he will be stripped of power.

Of course, in the context of the total decline of the monarchy after the end of World War II, no matter how deep the family background is, it will not escape the fate of the abolition of the throne.

Unfortunately, these small States do not play a key role in the implementation of the Treaty. The key to the implementation of this treaty is none other than the royal family and monarch of the five European powers: Britain, Germany, Russia, Austria and Italy.

Because Tsar Nicholas II was not present, and the relationship between Germany and Austria-Hungary was relatively close, whether the treaty could be implemented mainly depended on the opinions of the future King George V of Great Britain and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.

Although George V has not yet ascended the throne as king, and even if he does, he is not destined to wield the same rights as Queen Victoria and Edward VII.

But it cannot be denied that George V, as the future king of the United Kingdom, has a lot of say in the European royal family, and many countries close to or directly dependent on the United Kingdom, their royal families, are also waiting for George V's opinion.

Arthur was looking forward to the implementation of the treaty, which may be the only chance to reach a treaty to protect the royal power.

Moving forward, there are powerful British monarchs like Queen Victoria and Edward VII, but there is no chance of bringing together the royal families of most European countries.

Although Queen Victoria's funeral was a good opportunity, Edward VII was not going to let Arthur claim the treaty, gain prestige, and gain the favor of many European royal families.

After all, throwing out all the questions, just in the position of consolidating royal power, the royal family members of all countries are basically the same.

As long as someone can reach a treaty to protect the royal power against the crowd, this person will also gain a lot of favor and prestige from other royal families, and it is not surprising that he even has a certain voice in European royal families.

George V was interested in the treaty proposed by his cousin Arthur to protect the crown, but George V also understood that he had to agree with opinions from within England, at least until he officially ascended the throne.

George V also did not want to cause too much chaos in the United Kingdom, and maintaining the stability of the United Kingdom at the moment is the most important thing, which is also related to the stability of the British royal family and his own position.

After thinking about it for a long time, George V finally chose to remain silent. In other words, George V intends to see what others think.

If moving forward with the treaty was what everyone wanted, then George V didn't mind going with the flow and getting it going.

But if the rest of the royal family has little interest in advancing the treaty, then there is no need for him to risk offending other political forces in the country to help Arthur advance the treaty, and he will get nothing.

After all, defending the royal family and royal power, doesn't this mean that George V longs for more royal power and status?

In other words, this is equivalent to George V's announcement that he wants to get more royal power and consolidate the royal family and his position before he ascends the throne.

George V's silence also made some royal families close to Britain choose to remain silent.

Although some small and medium-sized countries also have expectations for the implementation of the treaty, they cannot afford to offend Britain and George V for the sake of such a treaty that others can break at will.

They are not stupid, even if the treaty is successfully advanced in the future, it is likely that it will be powerful powers like Britain and Germany who will really protect the royal families of other small countries.

Even if other small and medium-sized countries have ideas, they can't help other countries by raising the power of their whole country and risking the overthrow of their own thrones.

If Britain is offended, it will be exchanged for the formal advancement of this treaty. So what if Britain doesn't help them when they really need it?

Under all kinds of thoughts, the royal families of these countries see it very clearly. While treaties protecting the crown were indeed beneficial to them, it was more important to keep themselves on their side so that they could get strong support from powers like Britain and Germany.

With the support they deserve, their thrones and power can also be somewhat consolidated, which is much better than a verbal treaty.

After George V was silent, Arthur turned his gaze to Wilhelm II and asked for his opinion.

Wilhelm II actually did not have much interest in such a treaty, after all, in Wilhelm II's opinion, the position of the German royal family in Germany was still relatively stable.

Some countries that have taken refuge in Germany, needless to say, Wilhelm II will also protect their royal family. And how could Germany protect the royal family of those forces close to Britain?

But after all, the initiator of this treaty was Arthur, and Wilhelm II could not refuse it outright, so he gave a more compromise proposal, that is, to change the protection of royal power and the royal family to the protection of the personal safety of members of the European royal family and European monarchs.

The European royal family should jointly condemn and oppose the heinous acts against European royal families, such as killing kings and assassinating members of the royal family.

The act of killing kings is emphatically mentioned. If there is a current outbreak of regicide in other European countries, then the European royal family should unite to protect the other royal family members of the country, and impose sanctions on the regicide and the forces in which they are located, and help the country restore the monarchy and order that it deserves.

At the same time, European royal families should also provide due protection to members of the royal families of other countries.

What Arthur didn't expect was that what was originally a treaty for the defense of the royal power somehow became a treaty for the protection of members of the royal family.

But that's the best outcome at the moment, Arthur could only nod and agree with Wilhelm II.

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