The king is dead, long live the king! properly used in the United Kingdom in January 1936 when King George V was succeeded by his son King Edward VIII, who later abdicated, or "The Queen is dead, long live The Queen!" as happened in 1558, when Queen Mary I was succeeded by her half-sister, Queen Elizabeth I. In the Kingdom of Thailand, to conclude the national televised address on October 13, 2016 regarding the passing of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the Prime Minister proclaimed "His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX, has passed away. Long live His Majesty the new King." The king is dead, long live
The Queen and Concubine Heywood), the vast majority are comedies; only three are tragicomedies. (Along with "The Queen and Concubine", the others are "The Lovesick Court" and "The Queen's Exchange".) Brome may have chosen the tragicomic form for "Queen and Concubine" because it allowed him to make, in a limited form and degree, a political commentary. Critics have noted that "Queen and Concubine" is a critique of royal tyranny and courtly sycophancy, issues that were pertinent in the 1630s, when King Charles I was conducting his period of personal rule and Parliament was prorogued. Brome is directly critical of religious support for tyrannous rulers: