May 13, 1870.

After a simple coronation ceremony by King Constantine, the Kingdom of East Africa was officially proclaimed under the witness of Ferdinand, the commander-in-chief of the navy, the only two nobles, the East African army and navy officers, and the central government officials of East Africa.

The procedure of this ceremony is very simple, and the coronation ceremony of European monarchs has a strong religious and cultural influence, which is not found in East Africa, and East Africa, as an African country, does not need to carry out this ceremony according to the European system.

Without the participation of the clergy in the coronation ceremony, East Africa was a thoroughly secular state from the moment of its founding.

As for the Church, two months later the Italian Savoy dynasty will let the Pope know what is called the importance of several divisions.

Religion is no longer good in this era, especially in East Africa, where all kinds of faiths and even atheists come together, and believers see that Nima, pagans and atheists are doing well, what do they still believe? Maybe the believers still have it, and the degree of piety is a question mark.

The ceremonial props for the coronation are the crown, cane, and royal robes of the former Hei Xingen Kingdom.

King Constantine himself put on the crown, and the music for the coronation ceremony was performed in traditional German folk music.

The crown and cane have undergone some minor modifications, using a large number of jewels and East African jewelry such as gold, East African sapphires (tanzanite), diamonds, etc.

The flag of the Kingdom of East Africa has also been designed, and if it were not for the royal coat of arms of Heixingen (pictured), it would have looked like a copy of the flag of the North German Confederation.

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The flag of the Kingdom of East Africa does not use the flag of the former Heixingen Princely Kingdom, and the eagle flag is mainly the same as the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen, and the two flags look exactly the same.

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The flag of the Kingdom of East Africa has no special meaning, the black, white and red stripes originate from the family coat of arms, and the family coat of arms on the flag has been removed from the deer element, making it look more simple and domineering, and it also implies the idea that the Kingdom of East Africa is one with the Hohenzollern-Heshingen family.

Finally, the ceremony concluded with a review of the Royal East African Guards. It's not that I don't want to make a big splash, but the conditions in East Africa don't allow it, even if there are celebrations, there are not many people together, so the people can only be given a few days off, and activities are organized spontaneously in various places.

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On May 20, the diplomatic mission of the Kingdom of East Africa, which was spun off from the Heshingen Foundation, went to various countries to start its office.

May 25th, this day.

In Europe, major newspapers began to publish the establishment of the Kingdom of East Africa.

According to the previous plan, the Austro-Hungarian government was the first to announce the recognition of the Kingdom of East Africa, and then the governments of Prussia, Sweden, Romania, Tsarist Russia made a statement.

Immediately after that, Bavaria and other states in the German region, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece and other countries also issued statements recognizing the legitimacy of the East African Kingdom.

Finally, Alfonso XII, who was still in France, also announced on behalf of Spain that he recognized the Kingdom of East Africa, so that the current Spanish government was embarrassed!

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Élysée Palace, France.

The French diplomatic service sent the credentials presented today by the Kingdom of East Africa to Napoleon III.

"What is this?"

"Your Majesty, this is the credentials of a new country."

"A new country? How did I not know that there had been such a change in Europe recently? ”

"Your Majesty, this country is not European, but African."

"African countries! Isn't it all indigenous? Your Ministry of Foreign Affairs has nothing to do? ”

"Well, Your Majesty, this African country still has some ties to Europe."

"Is something wrong with Egypt?"

Napoleon III immediately thought of the Suez Canal and the British.

"It's not like that, Your Majesty, it's the Hohenzollerns who have founded a new state in East Africa, and they call themselves the Kingdom of East Africa."

"The Hohenzollerns, East Africa, I remember if it's the family of the Heshingen Kingdom in South Germany."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"I knew that the Kingdom of East Africa was really interesting!"

"Your Majesty, what shall we do next?"

"Did they send a mission?"

"It's in the hostel."

"Let them meet me!"

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United Kingdom.

The British Prime Minister at the time, William Yurt Gladstone, was fooled when he received the news from Europe.

"Bastard, we have all been deceived, this so-called East African colony is not a colony of Prussia itself at all, but Austria-Hungary is behind it."

"Mr. Prime Minister, this is not a deception, after all, the East African colonies have never said that they are subordinate forces of Prussia, and we only misled the surname Hohenzollern in the first place."

"Does this mean that Austria-Hungary had unrealistic illusions about its overseas colonies?"

"That's not it, Mr. Prime Minister, I can only say that this so-called East African kingdom is deliberately moving closer to Austria-Hungary, and our intelligence shows that the royal families of the two countries have married early, which may be the main reason, and the Archduke Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, that is, the father-in-law of Crown Prince Ernst of the East African Kingdom, is in East Africa."

"That's fine, as long as it's not a kingdom instigated by Austria-Hungary, that's still acceptable."

"Mr. Prime Minister, in fact, this East African kingdom's founding routine is similar to the occupation of India by the East India Company, and it was also initiated by the German Heixingen Foundation, and as far as we know, the master behind it is the Heixingen royal family, so this kind of thing is planned by the Heixingen royal family for a long time, and it has little to do with other countries."

"That is, Konstantin planned this with his own hands? Just to be a chief in Africa? ”

"Well, Mr. Prime Minister, I think it's probably like this, our intelligence people analyzed it like this, after the Prince of Heisingen was annexed by Prussia, this Prince Konstantin has always been dissatisfied, after all, from a sovereign country to a puppet, naturally unwilling, especially the fate of the same annexation, next door Prince Karl has been the prime minister in Prussia, which has exacerbated the imbalance in Prince Konstantin's heart, in order to get rid of the Prussian kingdom, so Konstantin decided to go overseas, so he planned for more than ten years, At the same time, in order to take revenge on Prussia, he chose the less close Austria-Hungary as an ally, and his previous marriage with the Habsburgs was also in his calculations, and saving Massimiliano I made him closer to the Austrian royal family......"

is worthy of the intelligence department of Great Britain, relying on sparse intelligence, it made up a bloody plot.

"Well, I'm not ......," William Yurt Gladstone was about to say.

Suddenly, an official came running in a panic and whispered something to William Yurt Glaston.

"What? Is the news confirmed? ”

"Yes, Prime Minister, there have been riots in Ireland."

"Okay, I got it, I'll go over and deal with this right away."

Seeing that the Prime Minister was leaving, the Foreign Secretary hurriedly asked, "Mr. Prime Minister, what happened?" ”

"It's Irish."

The Foreign Secretary immediately understood.

"What about this East African kingdom?"

"It's too late to care about him now, you can make a copy of the statement of the other country and send it out!"

With that, the prime minister left.

On May 25, 1870, the European powers of Austria, Russia, Britain and France successively recognized the legitimacy of the establishment of the Kingdom of East Africa, and other European countries followed suit. Overnight, most Europeans knew about the birth of a new nation.

And Ernst chose May 25 as the day to announce the establishment of the Kingdom of East Africa in Europe, which was really planned for a long time, before the Franco-Prussian War, to establish the Kingdom of East Africa, so that even if the French government did not recognize the legitimacy of the Kingdom of East Africa, it could negotiate with the new French government later.

At the same time, on May 25, the day of the outbreak of the Irish self-government movement in Britain, it was possible to divert the attention of the British.

However, the result was good, Britain and France did not embarrass the new kingdom of East Africa, and now most of Europe, except for a few small countries, recognize the existence of the kingdom of East Africa.

And in a few small countries, only the Vatican has a little influence, and the Pope is very dissatisfied with Constantine's behavior, and he makes such a big noise in Europe, and as a result, the Church does not know anything, so how was his coronation completed? South Germany, where the Kingdom of Heixingen is located, is a Catholic district.

The most hateful thing is that the East African kingdom sent envoys to many countries, even Italy, and as a result, no one came to Rome (Papal States).

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