Royalist - in The United Kingdom

In The United Kingdom

  • The Wars of the Roses pitted the Yorkists against the Lancastrians
  • During the English Civil War, the Royalists or Cavaliers supported King Charles I (and later King Charles II).
  • The Jacobites are supporters of the deposed James II and his line after the Glorious Revolution
  • The Williamites or Orangemen supported William III against James II
  • The Loyalists are supporters of the post-Glorious Revolution monarchy and/or the British Empire
  • The Royalist Party UK seeks to safeguard the role of the monarch in British politics

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