The Closing Ceremony

[Orang Utan]

Maybe a lot of these posters who didn't know weren't alive when he was born?

What difference does that make?

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

The ignorance is astounding!

everyones ignorance is astoundeing... after 18 Royals in the uk have no surnames none...

if called upon to follow the convention they will take either the area their father is from (windsor) or Mountbatten Windsor however royal protocol dictates they will be reffered to by their public name in this case Prince Harry. Henry might be the name he was christened with but it's not the name the public should ever address him by. He is Harry of the house Windsor. that's it.

What difference does that make?

clearly none as you're as ignorant as they are...

 

[quimcunx]

so in a few years time it's going to be King Harry WInkler is it?

Probably not. His dad isn't going to be King Charles either. He will be King George.

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

besides this is only true since WW2 before which time their surname was SaxaCobergGotha... which some might argue it still is, privately...

 

[rutabowa]

i wouldn't mind belonging to a country that was run by a King Harry Winkler.

 

[butchersapron]

Well done gabi, you got away with it.

 

[rutabowa]

Probably not. His dad isn't going to be King Charles either. He will be King George.

wha?! charles definitely isn't short for george i know that much.

 

[Orang Utan]

What are you on about re:Harry/Henry?

 

[Pickman's model]

Like pickmansmodellikins

potentially. but if you were to use such a diminutive it would raise more questions about you, as the esteem i hold you in is well known.

 

[quimcunx]

wha?! charles definitely isn't short for george i know that much.

No but Charles doesn't think it's a very auspicious name for a king so he's decided to be George once he's king.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

What difference does that make?

Because as he's been pretty much called Prince Harry by the press since his birth, why should those who weren't around for his birth know that his name is Henry?

 

[Pickman's model]

wha?! charles definitely isn't short for george i know that much.

as you may have noticed, kings and queens frequently change their names on ascending to the throne. charles (charles philip arther george mountbatten-windsor, to give him his full name) will, on succeeding to the throne, assume the style of king george vii.

 

[rutabowa]

No but Charles doesn't think it's a very auspicious name for a king so he's decided to be George once he's king.

so strictly speaking he could decide he wants to be called King Harry Winkler, after all??

 

[Pickman's model]

Because as he's been pretty much called Prince Harry by the press since his birth, why should those who weren't around for his birth know that his name is Henry?

being there for his birth doesn't matter: or the nurses and midwife would have been in on it. his name was announced publicly via the pages of, inter alia, the times.

 

[quimcunx]

so strictly speaking he could decide he wants to be called King Harry Winkler, after all??

Write to him and suggest it.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

on succeeding to the throne, assume the style of king george vii.

if he ever gets there

 

[Pickman's model]

so strictly speaking he could decide he wants to be called King Harry Winkler, after all??

the winkler would be awarded by historians, as in king alfred the great, king charles the fat, king ethelred the unready etc etc

 

[rutabowa]

as you may have noticed, kings and queens frequently change their names on ascending to the throne. charles (charles philip arther george mountbatten-windsor, to give him his full name) will, on succeeding to the throne, assume the style of king george vii.

I thought that was coincidence I suppose. we didn't really study kings and queens at school.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

being there for his birth doesn't matter: or the nurses and midwife would have been in on it. his name was announced publicly via the pages of, inter alia, the times.

Yes, announced at the time of his birth. How many people born after he was born have heard his real name since then?

 

[Pickman's model]

if he ever gets there

sandringham gossip has it that the world's top assassins are working on the problem as we speak

 

[Pickman's model]

I thought that was coincidence I suppose. we didn't really study kings and queens at school.

you surprise me. how did you evade your indoctrination?

 

[Lord Camomile]

Maybe a lot of these posters who didn't know weren't alive when he was born?

Or <whisper it> we don't really care that much about the royals

 

[rutabowa]

This closing ceremony has been very educational to me.

 

[Pickman's model]

Yes, announced at the time of his birth. How many people born after he was born have heard his real name since then?

everyone he was at school with, i suppose. and his mates in the army.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Or <whisper it> we don't really care that much about the royals

that as well

 

[Lord Camomile]

Well done gabi, you got away with it.

I think it was more a case of nobody rose to it.

 

[Pickman's model]

Or <whisper it> we don't really care that much about the royals

you should do, because they'd guillotine you given half a chance.

 

[rutabowa]

you surprise me. how did you evade your indoctrination?

i don't know but curiously an old school friend who i haven't spoken to in years texted me last night about the commentator getting Harry's name wrong, just as i had noticed it. So I suppose it must have been my school.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

everyone he was at school with, i suppose. and his mates in the army.

I'm talking about the general British public who don't have dealings with him

Those that weren't aware of his real name may have seen this and therefore assumed he was Harry

 

[Pickman's model]

I'm talking about the general British public who don't have dealings with him

Those that weren't aware of his real name may have seen this and therefore assumed he was Harry

seen what?