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Oh hell. Guess that puts an end to watching any of the BBC channels for the next couple of weeks. Every time anything happens that apparently has the national interest all of the BBC channels are flooded with it. Hmn, guess its local tv broadcasting for me as I absolutely couldn't give a toss about some over priveldged brat. =P
At least we get to see lots of soldiers toting about in silly archaic dress, and a forty one gun salute with WWI and modern pieces. Which was kind of smexy...
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Wyrmalla wrote: Oh hell. Guess that puts an end to watching any of the BBC channels for the next couple of weeks. Every time anything happens that apparently has the national interest all of the BBC channels are flooded with it. Hmn, guess its local tv broadcasting for me as I absolutely couldn't give a toss about some over priveldged brat. =P
At least we get to see lots of soldiers toting about in silly archaic dress, and a forty one gun salute with WWI and modern pieces. Which was kind of smexy...
An over privileged brat that is half commoner!
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If you can count someone who studied at St Andrews University as a commoner...
...Wait my ex was just as poor as me and she's studying there. She does however lack a pocket watch, like a number of her fellow students carry (or every student at Oxford apparently).
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My only hope for the lucky couple and their new bundle of joy is that Alex Salmond has a kid called Rob so that the independence debate devolves into a recreation of The War of Five Kings.
Wyrmalla wrote: If you can count someone who studied at St Andrews University as a commoner...
...Wait my ex was just as poor as me and she's studying there. She does however lack a pocket watch, like a number of her fellow students carry (or every student at Oxford apparently).
Ive not seen anyone in Oxford with a pocket watch, though i will admit there is a very distinct level of odd dress code here which i am still getting used to...
Alfndrate wrote: I, as an American, seem to strangely care about this entire ordeal. I mean as "dirty colonial" I shouldn't care about the birth of a kid not born in the White House, but such a thing rarely happens due to the age of our Presidents.
It is because deep down you know you should really be back in the Empire, where you belong.
Speaking of which.... do you feel the urge to be back to the Empire you belong? (well at least from sea to Hadrian's wall) XD
We're not such fans of togas, so I think we will stick with our own Empire thanks
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Alfndrate wrote: I, as an American, seem to strangely care about this entire ordeal. I mean as "dirty colonial" I shouldn't care about the birth of a kid not born in the White House, but such a thing rarely happens due to the age of our Presidents.
It is because deep down you know you should really be back in the Empire, where you belong.
Speaking of which.... do you feel the urge to be back to the Empire you belong? (well at least from sea to Hadrian's wall) XD
We're not such fans of togas, so I think we will stick with our own Empire thanks
I'd probably be better with a toga than with the italian modern institutions!
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Alfndrate wrote: The little bugger's name is George Alexander Louis...
Shoulda been something like George Alexander Christopher... as in George (North), Alexander (Corbisiero), and Christopher (Robshaw).... That woulda been more epic
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d-usa wrote: I didn't think that any of them have actually used Mountbatten-Windsor as their last name?
Aren't William and Harry actually using "Wales" as their last name for practical purposes? Cpt Wales for military and such?
I'm fairly sure that Mountbatten-Windsor is the proper family name, but yes Harry definitely used 'Wales', which is odd, because he's not the Prince of Wales.
d-usa wrote: I didn't think that any of them have actually used Mountbatten-Windsor as their last name?
Aren't William and Harry actually using "Wales" as their last name for practical purposes? Cpt Wales for military and such?
I'm fairly sure that Mountbatten-Windsor is the proper family name, but yes Harry definitely used 'Wales', which is odd, because he's not the Prince of Wales.
It's only Wales; I'm sure nobody will mind him having it.
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d-usa wrote: I didn't think that any of them have actually used Mountbatten-Windsor as their last name?
Aren't William and Harry actually using "Wales" as their last name for practical purposes? Cpt Wales for military and such?
I'm fairly sure that Mountbatten-Windsor is the proper family name, but yes Harry definitely used 'Wales', which is odd, because he's not the Prince of Wales.
From what I read when the name was announced and this website which I've read far too often it seems since Prince William's marriage is that members of the British royalty can choose whether to have a surname or simply use the name of the royal house in which they reside. So this explains why Princes William and Harry have gone by Wales because their father is the Prince of Wales, and that is where they resided. Now I guess technically William could go by William Cambridge since he's the Duke of Cambridge, but it's more likely that his son, Prince George of Cambridge will simply come to use Cambridge as his last name. I've done a little more digging, and the Mountbatten-Windsor name is to be used in all cases of The Queen's descendants, other than those with the style of Royal Highness and the title of Prince/Princess, or female descendants who marry, would carry the name of Mountbatten-Windsor. So I guess technically since William is a Prince (as is George) the Mountbatten-Windsor name could not actually be carried.
Feth you Brits got a lot of rules about this gak
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Alfndrate wrote: From what I read when the name was announced and this website which I've read far too often it seems since Prince William's marriage is that members of the British royalty can choose whether to have a surname or simply use the name of the royal house in which they reside. So this explains why Princes William and Harry have gone by Wales because their father is the Prince of Wales, and that is where they resided. Now I guess technically William could go by William Cambridge since he's the Duke of Cambridge, but it's more likely that his son, Prince George of Cambridge will simply come to use Cambridge as his last name. I've done a little more digging, and the Mountbatten-Windsor name is to be used in all cases of The Queen's descendants, other than those with the style of Royal Highness and the title of Prince/Princess, or female descendants who marry, would carry the name of Mountbatten-Windsor. So I guess technically since William is a Prince (as is George) the Mountbatten-Windsor name could not actually be carried.
Feth you Brits got a lot of rules about this gak
All this because the Royals had a German-sounding name at the start of the Great war, IIRC.
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(well at least from sea to Hadrian's wall) XD
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