King Edmund III
At the end of Blackadder: Back and Forth, Edmund returns to 1999, having frantically undone all his previous changes to the time line. Then, however, Archdeacon Melchett declares, "The slightest thing could affect the course of history. Imagine what damage an unscrupulous person could cause."
Intrigued, Blackadder returns to the time machine and tells Baldrick that he has, "a cunning plan." Together, they travel back in time, changing the past so when they return to 1999, Blackadder is the absolute monarch King Edmund III, "loved by all and with a 98% approbation rate all across the country". His Queen is Marian of Sherwood, the Nation's most famous beauty (Kate Moss). His Prime Minister is Baldrick, who holds his fifth term of office. Both of them rule the country together, ever since the dissolution of parliament in 1997.
He is the third King Edmund, after Edmund I in the 10th century and Edmund Ironside in the 11th, although the previous two Edmunds may be earlier kings in a Blackadder dynasty created by altering history. Traditionally, monarchs of England or Britain before 1066 are not counted when numbering monarchs, such as in the case of Edward I, referred to as such despite being the fourth Edward to rule England (following Edward the Elder, Edward the Martyr and Edward the Confessor).
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