As I understand it, legally speaking, two events are never considered to be simultaneous, which is really interesting to me while also resolving a vast slew of potential legal edge cases
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This second solution seems less practical in a scenario where the Queen and Prince Charles might be on separate starships journeying to or from distinct distant stars at relativistic speeds
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If the neutral frame of reference is Earth, the first solution is also impractical because, if you were near Elizabeth at the time she died, it would be impossible to know who was the new monarch without consulting Earth, a round trip of potentially years
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So I guess what you'd do is pick the *current monarch*'s frame of reference as authoritative?
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So it doesn't matter if, in your frame of reference, Charles died first. In Elizabeth's frame of reference, Charles was her successor in her forward light cone and that's what counts
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This leads to a scenario where, in a relativistically colonial fashion, Charles was only ever monarch over a tract of spacetime which he was unable to ever visit or actively rule, due to being spacelike-separated from it
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Ah, it looks like succession doesn't work in the way I described, William ends up monarch no matter what
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Okay, instead imagine a new scenario where William is *being born* right at the same instant that Charles dies, so the question is how the line of succession gets juggled
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If the legal system derives its authority from The Queen, then the legal reference frame should travel with the Queen. Otherwise, keep the ruler in the reference frame.
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Would you have to consult earth? Couldn’t you just have a Trusted Earth Clock aboard that was always compensating for relativistic effects as you travel?
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I think you just have to accept that. Even without relativity if QE is on a cruise with William and resigned, you'd need to know if Charles was still alive and non-catholic to know if he or William succeeded.
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