Baby Archie! They're having a larf

[imastawka]

Surely they're having us all on.

Archie?  Really?

And I bet he's a redhead like his dad

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-baby-name/archie-american-comic-book-character-and...

[davidc4430]

heres the whole windsor clan selebratin megan and harrys new son.

[icyfroth]

Little Archie is a cute little bubba, and that's all that needs to said, except for congratulations to Harry and Meghan.

[davidc4430]

[lyndal1838]

That is cruel David.

He is a lovely little baby.....just because most people don't like his name is not his fault and he does not deserve ridicule.

I think his parents will have something to answer for in the future.

They should have used his second name instead.....Harrison is nice.

[zanadoo_56]

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@domino-710 wrote:

Lyhr - somewhere I read he could get it after Charles becomes King - if ever. .

However, the Queen ruled that all William and Duchess Catherine’s children carry HRH titles so they too would be named Princes or Princesses. It is not yet known whether a similar ruling has been made for Harry and Meghan’s children.

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I read that Harry and Meghan wanted him to just have the courtesy title Master if something had to be used (like Princess Anne's children). 

If they don't want him to have the title Prince (assuming the Queen might want it) there's always the titles for sons of hereditary Dules or Royal Dukes such as Earl or Viscount or Lord etc.

[lyhargr_0]

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@davidc4430 wrote:

Self portrait David?

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[lyndal1838]

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@zanadoo_56 wrote:

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@domino-710 wrote:

Lyhr - somewhere I read he could get it after Charles becomes King - if ever. .

However, the Queen ruled that all William and Duchess Catherine’s children carry HRH titles so they too would be named Princes or Princesses. It is not yet known whether a similar ruling has been made for Harry and Meghan’s children.

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I read that Harry and Meghan wanted him to just have the courtesy title Master if something had to be used (like Princess Anne's children). 

If they don't want him to have the title Prince (assuming the Queen might want it) there's always the titles for sons of hereditary Dules or Royal Dukes such as Earl or Viscount or Lord etc.

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Master is not even a courtesy title.   It is the usual title for a male child of no rank and will be used until he is an adult and becomes Mr.  Even a garbo's son is called Master.

I can't imagine a Prince Archie....or an Archie, Viscount whaterver.

[joztamps]

Given the unfortunate appearance of most of the current and recent royal males, a better choice would have been Jughead.

[domino-710]

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@domino-710 wrote:

And as Prince Henry - Prince Harry sounds pretty cool.

As will Prince Archie - when his grandad comes to the throne.

Presently poor bub is Master Archie. lol

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London: The new royal baby, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, will be made a prince when Charles takes the throne, a London newspaper has reported.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex decided their current and potential future children would not get courtesy titles for the time being, but “on the change of reign the George V convention would apply”, a “senior palace source” told the Evening Standard.

This refers to a royal decree in 1917 that specified who gets grand royal titles, including “his royal highness” and “prince”.

[springyzone]

I think they could have named the boy 'Archibald Harry' and just told everyone he would be known as Archie. After all, that's what they did with Harry. We were told, 'He's been called Henry, to be known as Harry'. What the?????

Obviously they like Archie though. And Harrison means son of Harry.

Archie is very trendy at the moment. I don't know why, it isn't my fav, but each generation to its own.

I think it's a real statement though, that the boy has been given trendy rather than regal, only 2 names, not 3 or 4, and has been named after his father as his second name. He is a long, long way behind in the line to become king so basically it doesn't matter. Still, I think it's a tad too informal, given his likely roles in life. An official Archibald "Archie" might have worked better.

It gave me a bit of a smile when I heard, brought back memories. When my 1st grandchild was expected 5 years ago, one of my daughters said to the pregnant daughter, "Got just the name for you-Archie. That would go beautifully with your surname, wouldn't it. Archie Fall-ar-chee.  And we all laughed. That's not the actual spelling of the name but how it is pronounced as it is of italian background.

It turned out to be a girl anyway.