Statement Proclaiming the Regency of Queen Mother Amira; Demanding Albert's abdication of powers
Ladies and Gentleman of Eras, the good and gracious people of The Lancerian Empire, and to my national family at home in McMasterdonia. I say this. I have recently been freed from imprisonment within McMasterdonia. I would not be alive today if it were not for the brave acts of the good and honourable servants of His Majesty, King Tozian, who risked their lives to enter the Kingdom of McMasterdonia - to find me, and to ensure my safe passage out of McMasterdonia.
It will come as a shock to many that I was not, as they were led to believe, simply hiding away in the Palace in Intelligentsia held hostage by by own grief. In fact, I was held hostage by my own son.
In 2013, I was asked by my daughter - Matilda - to deliver her son to safety in Alunya. During this journey, our train came under attack. This attack was later blamed on the Whent Rebels. That was a lie. The train was attacked by forces loyal to the King-Regent Albert, my own son, who had attempted to murder the heir apparent so as to ensure his own succession to the throne of McMasterdonia.
I was then held captive in the mountains bordering Great Bights Mum for nearly two years. With my freedom only being secured during the state funeral for my daughter, who at that point, I had no idea had already been murdered. During this time, the nation of Alunya became defunct - and the Prince was taken into the care of the Queen Mother of the Lancerian Empire, Catherine, a McMasterdonian by birth.
I have reason to believe that Albert himself was directly involved in the assassination, and that through his cooperation with Eumenor - together they murdered the ruling sovereign of Mcmasterdonia. That is a strong accusation, and I fully intend to support it by evidence when the time comes for Albert's criminal trial. However, we have much more pressing matters at hand.
The Kingdom of McMasterdonia cannot survive with the King-Regent Albert as the sovereign. He does not act for Richard, who has been kept safely here for the past two years. He cannot rule a Kingdom that has suffered so much by his own doing. Albert not only murdered his sister, but he has used chemical weapons to punish civilians who have stood up against his oppression. He frequently meets with provincial warlords to ensure that they are prepared to help rig any future election that is held with Albert as King.
I call upon all loyal citizens of the Kingdom of McMasterdonia - all loyal allies of the Kingdom of McMasterdonia - to immediately demand that Albert abdicate the throne peacefully. That all royal armed forces refuse to act out his orders, and that they help rise up against him, to ensure the safe passage of myself to the Kingdom of McMasterdonia, where I will serve as regent until the Prince Richard comes of age.
Albert is unfit to be a ruler. He murdered his own sister. He has poisoned his own people. Under Albert's leadership, a good government has lost it's way. He rules using fear, extortion, and murder. He must be stopped. Albert is still my son, and a Mother will always love her children - no matter what they do. I ask that the people peacefully protest against Albert, that they demand his abdication, and that they ensure that he will face a full, impartial, criminal trial for his past actions.
I stand here today in unity with the King of Plembobria and the Queen-Empress of Amelia in calling for Albert's immediate abdication and the peaceful transfer of power to myself as regent. We will then immediately work towards a constitutional convention, and the defeat of the flemingovianist insurgency. The time for neutrality is over. We call upon the nations of Erastide to support us in our quest for Albert to cede power.
This is a regional matter - not a world one- as such I have asked the Lancerian Empire and the Kingdom of Plembobria for their support. I will not support a full scale foreign invasion by any international organisation. They do not understand McMasterdonian culture, and it will to put it simply end up terribly messy. Any resolution must be handled regionally, and I fully intend to appeal to other allies of McMasterdonia directly for their support in this endeavor.
Together we can ensure that McMasterdonia returns to the path of righteousness, that the blood spilt by the enemies of McMasterdonia can be wiped clean, and that the poison that has taken root in our great Kingdom will find it's antidote with the removal of Albert.
Signed,
Amira Queen Mother of the Kingdom of McMasterdonia
The Khan regretfully cannot offer his full support at this moment however once the Guslant crisis is over we are more than willing to commit our forces. For now the Imperial Ravens are available to offer assistance in special operations along with the use of the AWV Manta submarine carrier for said operations.
Sadakoyama has no interest in the machinations of privileged self-aggrandizers. This unpleasantness is yet another example of the failure of monarchical institutions to protect, serve, and advance the well-being of their people in selfish pursuit of their own wealth and power, and serves as a distraction from the real and present danger to the further advance of civilization presented by the Flemingovian disease festering in their own lands.
