The death of The 6th Marquess of Bristol in March 1985 meant the end of any kind of future subsidy and left the league overdrawn at the bank as a result. One edition of "The Monarchist" appeared that year and none at all the following year. It appeared for the last time in February 1987 following which Michael Wynne-Parker retired. He was replaced by Kenneth McLennan Hay, BEM, who served a two-year term as Secretary-General. But he lived in Edinburgh, which was inconvenient for a body based in London.