http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/2012/12/06/never-mind-elizabeth-royal-baby-could-be-a-lancelot-boniface-or-grissel/ The official Ancestry.co.uk blog Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/2012/12/06/never-mind-elizabeth-royal-baby-could-be-a-lancelot-boniface-or-grissel/#comment-2835 David Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:22:40 +0000 http://blogs.ancestry.com/uk/?p=3873#comment-2835 It is obviously up to them to choose the names but traditionally the names include former monarchs. John has links to 'Bad King John' and his rule during the reign of Richard I. Elizabeth might raise issues as The Queen is not Elizabeth II of Scotland since her namesake was not Queen of Scotland, but as Scotland might well be independent by that time it might be irrelevant. Even with a given name that name is not necessarily the one they are known by, e.g. Edward VIII (David) and George VI (Albert I think). It is obviously up to them to choose the names but traditionally the names include former monarchs. John has links to ‘Bad King John’ and his rule during the reign of Richard I. Elizabeth might raise issues as The Queen is not Elizabeth II of Scotland since her namesake was not Queen of Scotland, but as Scotland might well be independent by that time it might be irrelevant. Even with a given name that name is not necessarily the one they are known by, e.g. Edward VIII (David) and George VI (Albert I think).

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