Here's the reality of then, in a few lines...
There was no English head of state post the death of Elizabeth 1st... no heir...
Her last "rival" - Mary, Queen of Scots - a partial relative, she had executed ...
James VI of Scotland, Mary's son, had bankrupted his country, he had outlawed the use of the Scottish language, and set his mind on "civilizing" 3/4's of my ancestors (the other 1/4 sort of fought for him).
Both Mary and James VI became "rulers" before the age of two, so "Regents" ruled - think of baby Obama with the Representatives ruling by decree, but it was usually one or two key Reps that ruled the roost, and everyone else followed, or else ...
Mary was raised in France and that was her mother-tongue - not unusual here - it was the mother-tongue of the Norman era (approx. 200 years post 1066).
James VI was invited to take command of the English Throne (his ancestor was Henry VIII's oldest sister) as the only apparent heir ...
His rule was so popular that someone called Guy Fawkes tried to make a difference, and like all good subjects we celebrate his immense failure every November...
His eldest child, Charles I, was so popular, some chap called Cromwell stepped up to the plate - once found, Charles had his head separated from his body...
Our present Monarchy owes more allegiance, by bloodline, to Germany, than to here ... most people do not know, or care, that Victoria, our present (only just) longest ruling Monarch, spoke with a German accent, and her husband
was German; he was also her 1st cousin - keeping it close ...
"Kaiser Bill" - popular chap in German folklore - his mum was called Victoria and
her mum was our
Queen Victoria ...
Hmm ... a few lines ... still quite confusing ...
The Mother-tongue of my recent ancestors, the Scottish Gaelic, like many other languages, is fading, even though the Highland region is fighting a rear-guard action, but after numerous attempts to destroy it, it is still here ... some minor bits have distilled (literally) into English, with whisky being the Gaelic word for water (uisge) ...
As for British being a Scottish invention ... ?
More like a good business deal that sold the Scottish people into slavery ... Scotland, itself, is a name derived from Latin, with the old Gaelic name being Alba (sort of pronounced Ah-La-Va) - the west coast folk owe more allegiance, by blood, to Norway; the lowlanders/rulers were always more English/French (aristocratically) than those from the north ...
Does that make any more sense, Al ... thought not...
Bear this in mind ... America was "discovered" more than 200 years
after my "homeland" was acceded to Scotland ... European history is vast and very intermingled ... presently, down here, the demographic has changed so rapidly, I feel like a stranger in a strange land ... do you grok ... ?