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-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.
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.