Lee-Z
Heir Apparent
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as a foreigner i often already have problems in keeping track who "chas", "phil" and "wills" are
Denville, When you use the name "Chas" (you tend to do that more often in posts I have noticed) I have to think who it is...
Yes, I know from the context that it is P.Charles, but the name "Chas" is not that obvious for non-english people
I believe even Diana herself called him Wills, though I'm not sure about that. Is The Duke of Edinburgh really called Phil? I've never heard about it and I've followed The British Royal Family on and off for years. If so, I've learned something new.
The Duchess of Cornwall is also abbreviated DoC here (whereas The Duchess of Cambridge -also DoC- is abbreviated DoCa).
Well not to his face of course, but he was often called "Phil the Greek"... etc. I think that as a baby, yes Diana and Charles called him Wills in public a few times, and "Willie Wombat" and the papers just kept on with it..
I still think it'd be so neat and appropriate for Charles to reign as "Charles the Green". It would be uniquely him. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
As a young child, Empress Alexandra of Russia was nicknamed "Sunny" because of her happy personality - which mostly disappeared after her mother's death. Later on she was either "Sunny" or "Alicky" in the family.I think that given that so many royals have similar names and even the same titles at times, Nicknames are a way of distinguishing them. Take The Late Alexandra Empress of Russia. She was born Princess Alix.. But became Alexandra when she married Nicholas II. But her aunt, Queen Alexandra, was born Alexandra, and was known In the family as "Alix"..
I still think it'd be so neat and appropriate for Charles to reign as "Charles the Green". It would be uniquely him. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
What if Prince Charles decided to reign as King Louis I to honor his granduncle, Lord Louis Mountbatten?
What is a deed poll?