The Duke of Edinburgh received a very strange request from a country who wanted him to be their king following a political shift - but Buckingham Palace had to politely decline
The Order of Succession is something that cannot be altered by personal preference. While the British royals understand this, it would seem that one foreign country had not grasped this as they made a rather strange offer to the Duke of Edinburgh in 1994.
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1994, several new countries were created in Eastern Europe, one of which was Estonia. Following the unusual request, Buckingham Palace are reputed to have written back, saying that it was "a charming idea but a rather unlikely one".
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