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We begin this update with terrible news - Princess Anne has died of some fever despite King Frederick having sent for best healer in the Isles.



A very good harvest however brings lotsa money to the British coffers!

We will spent them on construction of an Admiralty in Calais, once its naval base is complete, as it became headquarters of Royal Navy.



Oh bloody hell, where did the Aztecs hide all that gold??

Nevertheless, this allows us to pursue that one goal we haven't been able to pursue for decades now - conquest of Sultanate of Brunei!



An even better opportunity presents itself, though - Scandinavia holds Epekwitk, plus has cores on some of our territories.

If we can punch them hard enough, mayhaps we can fulfill both war goals at once??



We give them a sound beating at Coast of Brittany; this is followed by similar victories at Helgoland Blight and near Copenhagen.

King Frederick has other things on his mind, however.

He is reaching forties soon, and despite death of Princess Anne several years ago, no children are popping up...



We begin conquest of Brunei; neither Khmer or Pegu, both locked in war against each other, honor their treaties with the tiny sultanate.

In the meanwhile: Scandinavia is fully blockaded, its Finnish subjects are revolting, a pretender rose against Queen Ulrika Eleonora II, and their war exhaustion is over 10 points.

They refuse both ours and Dutch demands for peace.



We also have begun colonization of southernmost Australia. With Wergaia as national focus, provinces around it will receive a boost to colonial growth.



Brunei falls into British hands; the northernmost province is not a British core, but the India Corps will be stationed there to maintain peace.

Scandinavia continues refusing to surrender to our terms.



SCORE!!



Immediately, King Frederick implements a mandatory Gold Standard for coinage, which will help us battle inflation by 0.04 points monthly.

This way we can get rid of our Master of Mint and replace him with someone else. Maybe a Statesman, or a High Judge, or...



Or someone to boost our Legitimacy because that's yet another British dynasty that has been ended. Bloody hell!

After about 300 years of absence, Plantagenets once more occupy the throne of England - or rather, Great Britain this time. Long live King Frederick II!

The new dynasty on throne of Britain does not sit well with several of our 'buddies'; for example, we have hard times to persuade Netherlands for marriage.



One of Frederick II's first edicts are to give liberties to mining companies, increasing tax and production values at the cost of trading proficiency.

In the plans there's also Navigation Act (boosting our trade and colonial income) and Separation of Powers (boosting Prestige and giving extra 0.5 Magistrates/year).



Once again, we get nothing out of the Dutch war, but that is okay.

We've got plenty of stolen ships! We will decommission and destroy all the old Cogs and Galleys and Barques, saving us up to 5-6 ducats of maintenance monthly!



King Frederick II has decided that edict-making will be his gimmick. And that is good!

Long Live Great Britain! _{(hopefully without further dynastic changes)}