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Why do you think that the four gospel names have been so scarcely used for British Royalty?

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Why do you think that the four gospel names have been so scarcely used for British Royalty?

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If one of their ancestors had used one of those names than it would have been repeated, they repeat names used previously. The Queen broke with tradition when she named her second son Andrew for instance because that name hasn’t been used previously to my knowledge. They break with tradition also for children unlikely to ascend the throne, for example Princess Ann named her two children Peter and Zara, both unused names but they’re both unlikely to become monarch. However, for a child likely to ascend to the throne they nearly always will get a repeat name.

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The names of kings and princes and royalty in general here in UK are on the whole names chosen to reflect the history of the monarchy. Thus names such as Charles, Elizabeth, Harry, William and so on, all point to the history of the Monarchy and thus of UK. William goes right back to the Norman period – William Duke of Normandy etc. A very similar sort of name choosing thing goes on in all families, not just Royals. I’m Welsh, so naturally I’ve got one English name, one Viking name and one Norman Name. What this shows is who the bosses are and not that I’m Welsh. In any event, my ancestors probably stole the surname thinking it gave them gravitas, it being the name of the first ever King of . . . .

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