Life as a member of a royal family can be very difficult because of all those succession problems and family relationships problems.

The house of Hanover is a great example of how succession works. When a ruler dies , his power is usually given to the next person in the succesion line, e.g. a son, a brother, etc. but, sometimes the person that is next in the succession is not good enough for ruling. This is exactly what happened with George I of Great Britain, a German duke which was the 52th person in line to the throne of Great Britain; however, he was the first in the succession that wasn’t catholic, so he became king of England.

This same house of rulers can be a great example of relations between family members. George I always had a rivalry with his son because Great Britain’s population preferred George II over George the I. Even after his father’s dead in Hanover, George II decided not to go to his funeral in Germany, and he was still praised by England’s population, which saw it like a way of expressing fonding for England.