cerealkiller [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 days agoPrince Andrew to lose 'prince' title and move out of Royal Lodgewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down10
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minus-squarespudnik [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·10 days agoHis middle name is Mountbatten? The clues were there the whole time
minus-squareMaturin [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·10 days agoIt’s actually his real last name.
minus-squarespudnik [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 days agoOh because Windsor is the name of the lineage/house or whatever right? I feel like I’ve had this explained to me before
minus-squareMaturin [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 days agoYeah and it was also just a made up name to make them sound less German.
minus-squarespudnik [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 days agoThat I definitely do remember! It’s like freedom fries or liberty cabbage, but for a monarch lol
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-29 days agoAlso it sounds better than the Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha and they can pretend they aren’t part of the biggest incestous clan in entire history of humanity.
minus-squareLlituro [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agomountbatten was also taken to make them sound less Greek
minus-squareMaturin [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoI wonder what they had changed it from previous to the Greek name. Hopefully something that sounded too English.
minus-squareLlituro [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoit was weirdly far back, but i think it might have actually been a family with a German name that got the kingship of Denmark and Greece, so actually Mountbatten might have also just been to get away from a German name as well.
His middle name is Mountbatten? The clues were there the whole time
It’s actually his real last name.
Oh because Windsor is the name of the lineage/house or whatever right? I feel like I’ve had this explained to me before
Yeah and it was also just a made up name to make them sound less German.
That I definitely do remember! It’s like freedom fries or liberty cabbage, but for a monarch lol
Also it sounds better than the Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha and they can pretend they aren’t part of the biggest incestous clan in entire history of humanity.
mountbatten was also taken to make them sound less Greek
I wonder what they had changed it from previous to the Greek name. Hopefully something that sounded too English.
it was weirdly far back, but i think it might have actually been a family with a German name that got the kingship of Denmark and Greece, so actually Mountbatten might have also just been to get away from a German name as well.