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What a weird name
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 10:12 am
by ghostjmf
*Archie*?
Not even "Archer" or whatever.
I hope the other kids are kind; if not, the royals will have them shot.
At least it wasn't Alfie.
Re: What a weird name
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 10:14 am
by tlynn78
ghostjmf wrote:*Archie*?
Not even "Archer" or whatever.
I hope the other kids are kind; if not, the royals will have them shot.
At least it wasn't Alfie.
I have an Archie grandson. It suits him perfectly.
Re: What a weird name
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 10:28 am
by Vandal
Re: What a weird name
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 10:39 am
by mellytu74
I like it.
A lot.
Re: What a weird name
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 10:49 am
by littlebeast13
Vandal wrote:
That's Awwwwwwwchie. And he should be on the terlet...
lb13
Re: What a weird name
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 10:50 am
by ghostjmf
Anybody up on the most recent Van Morrison album, "The Prophet Speaks", knows that the ventriloquist's dummy Mr. Morrison is shushing on the cover was named Archie in a famous-to-Britons TV show, "Educating Archie".
https://www.amazon.com/Prophet-Speaks-V ... 0215&psc=1
Of course that show was well before Prince Harry's time.
Re: What a weird name
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 11:19 am
by Bob78164
Short for Archibald? --Bob
Re: What a weird name
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 11:27 am
by ghostjmf
nope, they didn't say "short for anything". Could be, but they didn't say.
Re: What a weird name
Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 6:54 am
by SpacemanSpiff
At least he's far enough down the chain of succession that we shouldn't have "King Archie." Of course, I suppose he could change his name at coronation, which has been done before.
Besides, Archie doesn't wear a crown, Jughead does.
Re: What a weird name
Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 7:55 am
by silverscreenselect
Bob78164 wrote:Short for Archibald? --Bob
I looked up famous Archies and most are short for Archibald, including Archibald Leach, a Brit who made rather a good name for himself (albeit under another name). One "real" Archie is former football player Archie Griffin.
Re: What a weird name
Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 9:28 am
by Bob78164
SpacemanSpiff wrote:At least he's far enough down the chain of succession that we shouldn't have "King Archie." Of course, I suppose he could change his name at coronation, which has been done before.
Besides, Archie doesn't wear a crown, Jughead does.
So you'd expect his regnant name to be King Jughead? --Bob
Re: What a weird name
Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 1:18 pm
by christie1111
I think the more interesting thing is the choice of last name. First they get to chose a last name.
And also surprised that Spencer was not part of the names at all. I was hoping that it was going to be the first name.
Re: What a weird name
Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 1:33 pm
by jarnon
christie1111 wrote:I think the more interesting thing is the choice of last name. First they get to chose a last name.
According to Wikipedia, the surname Mountbatten-Windsor was created in 1960, but Archie is the first to have it with no title of nobility (Earl, Princess, Lady etc.).
Re: What a weird name
Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 10:27 pm
by Earl the Squirrel
My understanding is that they wanted to name him Manning Marvin Markle Mountbatten, but ended up having to tweak it a bit to please Her Majesty.
Or I could have just made it up....
Fun Fact: Rather than going by HRH, the Princess Royal goes by Anne Mountbatten (no hypenate because she's cool like that...).
Oh, those nutty Saxe-Coburg Gothae....
Re: What a weird name
Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 5:57 am
by Bob Juch
Earl the Squirrel wrote:My understanding is that they wanted to name him Manning Marvin Markle Mountbatten, but ended up having to tweak it a bit to please Her Majesty.
Or I could have just made it up....
Fun Fact: Rather than going by HRH, the Princess Royal goes by Anne Mountbatten (no hyphenate because she's cool like that...).
Oh, those nutty Saxe-Coburg Gothae....
Actually, they wanted to name him Jughead but Queen Liz overruled them.