It is not often that a grandfather hands the throne to a grandson rather than a son
It is not often that a grandfather hands the throne to a grandson rather than a son. But George II and George III are precisely such a case.
True, if George III quite conventionally passed the baton to his son, George IV, the latter was succeeded by his younger brother William IV, who likewise left no legitimate direct heirs, thereby presenting England with Queen Victoria, from whom onwards, to this very day, English monarchs have been remarkably prolific, their offspring vigorous in the extreme, and no unexpected transfers of the crown are in prospect.
Cases such as the premise of the Hollywood film "King Ralph", in which an accident carries off the entire royal family and the sole heir turns out to be a third-rate American everyman, Ralph Jones, we do not consider.
