Al_bina said:
Marsel,
Thanks for information! Well ... I was mistaken assuming that the van Custems had only two sons.
At the same time, it is always a pleasure to see Lady Rose and/or Lady Davina whom I view as an epitome of class.
You are most welcome, Al_bina!
I agree with your opinion about Lady Rose and Lady Davina: both are dignified woman, who truly deserve the style of a "Lady".
lumutqueen said:
It's nice to see Rose and Gary out and about. Marsel I didn't realise William Henry Van cutsem was named after William and Harry. How wonderful.
I'm afraid I made a mistake in my post, lumytqueen: William Henry van Cutsem couldn’t have possibly been named after William and Harry because he is about a year older than William. I apologize for the mistake.
I have indeed read in an article that when Hugh and Emilie were naming their youngest son, they asked Prince Charles's opinion, who suggested William Henry as the name (William was the name of Hugh van Cutsem's great-grandfather and Henry was one of the names of Hugh’s father).
Van Cutsems are among Charles's oldest and most trusted friends, Prince Charles was the Godfather of their eldest son,
Edward Bernard Charles van Cutsem (the names are reportedly honouring Hugh’s maternal grandfather – Captain Edward Compton, Hugh’s father – Bernard van Cutsem, and Prince Charles),
Incidentally, when Prince Charles suggested "
Zara" as a name for Princess Anne's daughter, there was a van Cutsem connection as well: the second daughter of Geoffrey van Cutsem (Hugh's younger brother) and Sarah McCorquodale (not to be confused with Princess Diana's sister), born in 1978 or 1979, is Zara as well. While Charles isn’t as close to Geoffrey as to Hugh, they still were/are very good friends.