Put not your trust in princes (specifically Stuart ones):
James VI/I - Lock up your good-looking sons.
Charles II - Makes war on his own people and imported an "Irish Army"
Charles II - In the pay of a foreign power.
James II/VII - Relgiously ambivilant. Imported an "Irish" Army like his Pappy. Then runs from a fight, not once but twice and abandons his country (at the second attempt). Does a Blair/Bush to Louis XIV, the great ethnic (well religious) cleanser of his age. It seems Stuart princesses - Mary II & Anne - were always the better bet.
The dual monarchy of William & Mary was accepted by both the English & Scottish Parliaments in early 1689 and heralded the constitutional monarchy and a Bill of Rights. IMHO always a better bet than the delusional "Divine Right of Kings".
The Scots, both Lowlanders and Highlanders of the Episcopalian persuasion, were never great supporters of the Jacobites.
The Act of Union of 1707 resulted in the dissolution of both the English & Scottish Parliaments, so the upcoming referendum should be interesting. Additionally,George I was also a Stuart (and a Tudor, Plantagenant et al) by blood (and having said that I realise I've shot myself in the foot -
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Republicans should also be careful of what they wish for, especially after Cromwell and the Major Generals (the Puritan Taliban - No Christmas, no theatres [and by extension, no TV, Cinema, Radio or Dancing etc) or football [not sure of this but anything that could be classed as enjoyable was usually verboten]). Also you could end up with the Blessed Tony or Uncle Gordon as your Head of State.
So having lit the blue touch-paper, gentle reader, I shall retire to don my tin lid, clamber behind the sandbags and await the in-coming.
Regards (and hopefully to be soon suitably chastised)