Longer than anyone would like, really, but he does not make old bones.
After his death, a great deal of scrabbling around trying to find distant relatives in the male line (this could turn into Jarndyce v Jarndyce, pretty much). If none can be found, I suspect that it would revert to the Crown.
It's a very long time since I was obliged to study the history of the laws of property for my archive diploma!
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Date: 2017-06-10 06:45 pm (UTC)After his death, a great deal of scrabbling around trying to find distant relatives in the male line (this could turn into Jarndyce v Jarndyce, pretty much). If none can be found, I suspect that it would revert to the Crown.
It's a very long time since I was obliged to study the history of the laws of property for my archive diploma!