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in reply to a message by Glitzy Cate
I love royalty, but only when they are dead. I don't know what to do with a living royal. I do like their amazing hats.
In terms of the names they use, I seem to find their attempts to be modern and creative to be very "meh". A lot of the outlier names on this list - Savannah, Zara, Sienna, Mia, Lena, Isla, etc - all bore me more than the boring classics. I do like Archie and Lilibet, because those are eccentric picks, and I guess I like my royals to be eccentric.
One thing that totally fascinates me are the RULES of what names they can pick. Maybe that's why I don't care so much about what the kids further down the line of succession are called, their parents could pick anything. But I remember reading tantalizing hints about Diana and Fergie having certain "rules" they had to follow when selecting the names and I really wonder what they are. Diana wanted Harry but technically couldn't choose that, which is why he's Henry "Harry". Are they only allowed to pick names of former kings and queens, if they are destined to be one themselves? Fergie apparently had fewer rules but there were still some restrictions. What were they! Anyway, that's the thing that interests me about royal names most of all.
In terms of the names they use, I seem to find their attempts to be modern and creative to be very "meh". A lot of the outlier names on this list - Savannah, Zara, Sienna, Mia, Lena, Isla, etc - all bore me more than the boring classics. I do like Archie and Lilibet, because those are eccentric picks, and I guess I like my royals to be eccentric.
One thing that totally fascinates me are the RULES of what names they can pick. Maybe that's why I don't care so much about what the kids further down the line of succession are called, their parents could pick anything. But I remember reading tantalizing hints about Diana and Fergie having certain "rules" they had to follow when selecting the names and I really wonder what they are. Diana wanted Harry but technically couldn't choose that, which is why he's Henry "Harry". Are they only allowed to pick names of former kings and queens, if they are destined to be one themselves? Fergie apparently had fewer rules but there were still some restrictions. What were they! Anyway, that's the thing that interests me about royal names most of all.
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