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HelpRe: What would you name the future Queen of England?
in reply to a message by Mei
I thought the rule was they HAVE to pick names of people who were King/Queen before?
I think Jane, Joan, Eleanor, or Maud would be nice. I know Maud is a version of Matilda and she's got a bad reputation in the family, but Queen Maud just sounds good and sturdy. And maybe Maud will be fashionable again in seventy years.
I think Jane, Joan, Eleanor, or Maud would be nice. I know Maud is a version of Matilda and she's got a bad reputation in the family, but Queen Maud just sounds good and sturdy. And maybe Maud will be fashionable again in seventy years.
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Yeah, I like Maud. Or Jane or Joan.
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Every name has to have been used once! I picked Eleanor because she of Aquitaine was such a spectacularly amazing woman, but whatever the hypothetical daughter's name might be, she'd still get to choose the name she would be known as, once she was Queen. She could be Queen Belinda if she liked.
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Do they? Can’t someone be “the First”?
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I don't know the specifics, but I do remember reading in some biography that the direct heirs have much stricter naming rules than those born with less chance of inheriting. I suppose they could technically be named something unique, but then there's also "regnal" names - like for example Elizabeth's father's name was actually Albert but he decided to go by George. From what I understand, a monarch being "the first" is pretty rare, for whatever reason. I don't really understand it.
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