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-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.
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.