Emperor William VII Comes to the ThroneWith the passing of Her Imperial and Most Excellent Royal Majesty, Empress Mary III, Crown Prince William has been formally coronated as the new head of the Imperial Commonwealth, assuming the throne as His Imperial and Most Excellent Royal Majesty, Emperor William VII. The Emperor has withdrawn his formal claim as Monarch of Mordusia, Kirlawa and Keymon, instead assuming the title of Inheritor of the House of Rothingren-Traugott, Orange Villyan Branch, formalizing the House of Steuart-Carmichael's claim as the sole inheritors of the western branch of the powerful Rothingren-Traugott dynasty. This coincides with his choice of wife, Archduchess Rosalinde, the second daughter of Kaiser Otto IV, the one of the dual monarch of Mikuni-Hulstria, who has become Queen Consort and honoured as the Duchess of Bekenial. Emperor William VII will travel to Fort William to be formalized as Holy Emperor of Luthori, formally becoming the Sovereign of the Imperial Commonwealth upon confirmation.
Despite formally withdrawing his claim as head of four of the former Imperial Commonwealth states, Emperor William VII is considered the most powerful and influential Hutorian monarch in modern history. He is the grandson of the last Kazullian Queen Alexandra, giving him the hereditary title of Prince of Kazullia and formally a claim on a restored Kazullian throne, and continues to lay claim to be a Prince of Vanuku, a title that has been stripped from his mother by current sitting Queen. Queen Mrjmai and Emperor William VII are said to have a close friendship, fostered during the then Crown Prince's deployment in Vanuku has Commandant of the Marine Detachment attached to the Hutorian Embassy in Wiel. Up until the breakdown of relations between Bekenial and Wiel, the Wiel deployment was considered one of the choicest and desirable posting for a Marine. Following his coronation as Sovereign of the Imperial Commonwealth, His Imperial Majesty has stated he will travel to Wiel to offer his respects to Queen Mrjmai and affirm his loyalty as a fellow Jelbic and to affirm to her the title of Grand Duchess of Roccato, a title held by the Vanukean Royal Family since the times of Emperor Alexander.
It's been noted by numerous legal and constitutional scholars that despite His Imperial Majesty formally withdrawing his claim as King of Mordusia, Alduria and Kirlawa, his title of Inheritor of the House of Rothingren-Traugott means that, informally, he is still laying his ancestral claim on those crowns, should they chose to restore the Monarchy as a later time, and further nations besides, though the Emperor has stated he has no desire to force the issue with any nation, stating "The Imperial Commonwealth is an organic body. Nations come and go, but the ties we have built remain."
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Consortium of Hutorian Corporations Offer Major Investment in TriguniaAt an annual stakeholders meeting, President of Gold Lion Capital Investments, Hutori's largest hedge fund and investment firm, Wayne Steuart-Carmichael, has announced that he and the CEOS of several other major Hutorian players have sought approval from the Trigunian government to invest money into their failing economy.
At a business retreat in St. Adrian, the President, the younger brother of newly crowned Emperor Alexander VII, told high level investors that investing in Trigunia was critical to the economic well being of the north, and not just Trigunia.
Many nations are tied in with Trigunia, and it's economy fails there's does as well. Hutori is the leader of the Keris Macon bloc, and despite whatever political differences are between our nations, we are as one. Business is business, and if the Trigunian government approves, myself and several of my collegues will inject hundreds of millions into Trigunia, to save their industry, shore up their economy, and better both of us for the future.
The companies in question are Gold Lion Capital Investment, which are commonly seen as the financial arm of the Hutorian Royal Family, Horizon Technology Corporation, Hutori's largest and most powerful technology and aerospace defence firm, the Carter Energy Group, a consortium of powerful Falristan energy concerns that have a de-facto monopoly over energy and mineral extraction in northern Hutori, and Ross Motors, a company best known for defence vehicles for the Hutorian Army and Marine Corps, but also domestic trucks and cars.
President Wayne Steuart-Carmichael, admitted that the Trigunian government may not be receptive to their offer, but it was one that had to be made and encouraged many of the investors who has Trigunian contacts to use them and aid in shoring up the Trigunian economy and to avoid the backlash that it could face if the aftershocks of Majatra's Black Thursday were to spread to Keris and Macon.