Name suggestions for Autumn and Peter's baby

[Jacknch]

Well if it was me, for a girl I'd go for something like Anna Margurite (i.e. with an "a" instead of an "e" at the end of Ann) in honour of Peter's mother and for a boy maybe Marcus William or Marcus Edward?

[windsorgirl]

Originally Posted by Jacknch

Well if it was me, for a girl I'd go for something like Anna Margurite (i.e. with an "a" instead of an "e" at the end of Ann) in honour of Peter's mother and for a boy maybe Marcus William or Marcus Edward?

Those are great suggestions! I'd love it if there were a form of Margaret in the name.

[JonasBee]

Originally Posted by Lumutqueen

Louise has Lord Ivar Mountbatten, Lady Sarah Chatto and Lady Alexandra Etherington.

James has no royal godparents.

Lady Louise's 3 are not Royal either.

[Lumutqueen]

Originally Posted by JonasBee

Lady Louise's 3 are not Royal either.

Lord Ivar is a descendant of Catherine The Great.
Lady Sarah Chatto is the daughter of Princess Margaret.
Lady Alexandra Etherington is the daughter of the Duke of Fife, and in line for the British Throne.

I'd call that royal.

[bluestocking]

My guess is they will pick a name that no one has ever heard of but that is pretty trendy with the upper class, something along the lines of Jasper or Clementine. They'll probably add an Anne or Elizabeth or Mark or Peter as a middle name for the remote possibility that the child might actually have to reign someday.

[Iluvbertie]

Originally Posted by Lumutqueen

Lord Ivar is a descendant of Catherine The Great.
Lady Sarah Chatto is the daughter of Princess Margaret.
Lady Alexandra Etherington is the daughter of the Duke of Fife, and in line for the British Throne.

I'd call that royal.

As Anne herself described her own children as not royal 'they just have the Queen for a grandmother' I think it is clear that even amongst the royal family HRH is necessary to be royal. It is possible to be related to the royal family but not be royal yourself e.g. Peter and Zara Philips and the above named persons - related to but not actually royal.

The suggestion has been made rather strongly that there is a need to reduce the size of the royal family and the most often put forward idea for doing this is to remove the HRH from Beatrice and Eugenie which again shows that the royals and their advisers regard the HRH as the distinguishing mark of a royal and hence again the above persons don't qualify.

[Lumutqueen]

Well we were talking about royal godparents, nothing to do with limiting the size of the royal family.
And IMO those three people count as "royal" godparents as opposed to known royals such as me or you.

[Royal Fan]

Fredeick Albert Peter George!

Anne Grace Louise Patricia

Alastair for a boy Josette I Like for a girl

lol I Like Stephen...its my own name how about Frederick Arthur Winston Henry Stephen

Francis Alastair Bernard Hugh
Alexandra Patricia Louise Elizabeth

Desiree or
Rupert

Edmund Horatio Patrick Winston

Edwin Arthur Frederick Ferdinand

[hilal]

Mark or Kitty

[Osipi]

For a historical name somewhere in there I would like to see Victoria and Albert. Ok.. dreaming here.. came up with a few names.

Elyse Victoria Alice
Louis Albert James

But that's just going historical from the BRF side... I'm sure they're going to remember both families when it comes to naming their child ... or just go with totally unrelated names all the way around.

[Sister Morphine]

For a girl:

Alexandra Alice Elizabeth
Josephine Elizabeth Kelly
Marie Anne Victoria


For a boy:

Christian Alexander William
James Anthony David
Richard Stephen Henry

[JonasBee]

Originally Posted by Lumutqueen

Lord Ivar is a descendant of Catherine The Great.
Lady Sarah Chatto is the daughter of Princess Margaret.
Lady Alexandra Etherington is the daughter of the Duke of Fife, and in line for the British Throne.

I'd call that royal.

YOU may call them royal if you wish but it doesn't change the fact that they are NOT......(even though they had royal ancestors...e.g. Princess Margaret was royal, her children are not.)

[Osipi]

Originally Posted by JonasBee

YOU may call them royal if you wish but it doesn't change the fact that they are NOT......(even though they had royal ancestors...e.g. Princess Margaret was royal, her children are not.)

I always thought that those that were considered "royal" had the title of HRH. A Lord or Lady might descend from royal blood but by themselves weren't royal with HRH.

Zara and Peter Phillips COULD be royal with the title but their mother chose otherwise. Am I correct here? Also presumably with the downsizing of the royal family that's been presented it will only be the children of the sovereign and the children of the heir of the sovereign that will be considered royal in the future with the HRH I think. So one could have royal blood but still not be considered royal?

Back on topic though, this will be the first great grandchild of HM and I can imagine she's over the moon about it.

[wymanda]

Originally Posted by Osipi

Zara and Peter Phillips COULD be royal with the title but their mother chose otherwise. Am I correct here?

It would have taken Letters Patent as the Queen's father did when Prince Charles was expected. Without that he would have been Charles Mountbatten with the courtesy title Earl of Merionith.
Even if Mark Phillips had accepted a title his children would only have been Lord Peter Phillips & Lady Zara Phillips with Peter having use of a courtesy title.

[jonc93]

Wait, did I miss something, is Autumn Philips pregnant??

[Iluvbertie]

Originally Posted by jonc93

Wait, did I miss something, is Autumn Philips pregnant??

Yes - it was officially announced a couple of days ago although I do remember reading something a month or so ago in a tabloid article that she was expecting.

[jonc93]

Originally Posted by Iluvbertie

Yes - it was officially announced a couple of days ago although I do remember reading something a month or so ago in a tabloid article that she was expecting.

Thanks! I found some articles on line about it! how exciting the Queen's first great grand child

[muriel]

I doubt if a seasonal theme to the name is adopted. Winter Phillips? Fall Phillips? Highly unlikely, IMO!

[Iluvbertie]

Originally Posted by muriel

I doubt if a seasonal theme to the name is adopted. Winter Phillips? Fall Phillips? Highly unlikely, IMO!

I thought that the British used 'autumn' to describe the season between summer and winter not 'fall'.

[Lumutqueen]

Originally Posted by Iluvbertie

I thought that the British used 'autumn' to describe the season between summer and winter not 'fall'.

We do, so the baby is unlikely goin to be Fall Phillps, when her mother is the equivalent.