Well two people got skipped, so I'll answer those and the latest one here
"We do horrible things while saying they were necessary. We talk about moral complexity while leading a genocide. We cry as if we were the real victims while pretending the real ones thank us for our sacrifice. London deserves to burn."
A line from a letter to the editor of a British socialist newspaper by a communist, anti colonial activist named Dalrick Cohen. It was penned in response to the increasingly heavy response to the Kenyan Revolt of 1955 which had it roots in the Mau Mau rebellion. The new British tactics, introduced after a spate of attacks on settlers had resulted in high civilian casualties.
After the rebels assassinated the hardline governor in a high profile manner in 1959, Harold Macmillan threw in the towel and swiftly pulled out of Kenya and accelerated the independence of other African colonies.
That line would be used evidence for the prosecution in Cohen's infamous treason trial, after he was accused of supplying weapons to the Kenyan Worker's Party, a group that was part of the rebellion, by leveraging his connections to the Soviets to obtain arms. He was convicted and sentenced to death, he was hung in 1963.
"Hello dear....what to turn on the TV on the BBC...there was something with my father.......William.....NO!THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE!NO I DON'T WANT!I DON'T WANT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS!"
"You are the King now whether you like it or not Harry, your child nephew cannot be King, we have to leave for London soon."
A conversation between the then Prince Harry and his girlfriend, as recalled in his memoirs, when in the middle of he switched on his TV; most channels were now covering the terrible crash landing of the RAF flight carrying King Charles III and Prince William at Heathrow.
The extent of damage left no doubt about survival.
After William's divorce from Catherine, she married a wealthy Spanish widower and had to convert to Catholicism. Their only child George, despite his age was baptized into the church; losing rights to the throne.
So Harry, known later by his regnal name of Henry IX, was next in line.
Henry IX's initial reaction to the news that would herald his unexpected rise to the throne reflects the unpreparedness that would characterize his early rule.
“Shortly after the formation of the Democratic Republic of France, the new French regime began spinning the country’s colonies off as a series of so-called “satellite republics”. For example, French West Africa was transformed into the Pan-African Socialist Republic, the Mandate of Syria became the Workers’ Federation of Arabian Republics, and the colony of French Indochina became the People’s Federation of Indochina.”
An excerpt from the book: "Second Failure: The Demise of France's Socialist polity". In this world, a German spy leaked the entire D-Day plans causing Eisenhower to call it off. This left the allies to continue pushing through Italy. The war ended with Stalin conquering the entirety Germany and northern France.
While a unified French government formed, the communist party came to power in 1948 with Stalin's help; kicking out US and UK troops.
The communists used the pre-existing empire to spread socialism. The first blow came with Algeria and Syrian rebellion in which Muslims rejected Marxism. Already broke, many troops were demoralized over having to serve a socialist government. This culminated in the battle of Raqqa when rebels along with Iraqi and Jordanian troops routed the French army. France witdrew from Middle East afterwards.
More rebellions both at home and abroad wittled down the state. The general secretary was assassinated in 1964 by an anti communist. Instead of reprisals, the militarry took over and began a transition to democracy.
My quote:
"The Pope has given his blessing to our revolution. The monarchy is now undeniably banished to the dustbin of history. Viva our new Holy, Catholic Republic!"