His full name is Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten.
You might know him as Prince Charles.
Some say his surname is Mountbatten-Windsor, as his mother’s family are the Windsors.
the original is battenberg von schikelgruber
shareIt has to do with a mountain that had hatches on it that needed battening down. FACT.
shareMountbatten-Windsor would be more correct https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountbatten-Windsor
He has a reputation for not being the brightest bulb
He wears nice clothes, Saville Row's finest https://www.anderson-sheppard.co.uk/
Why would his mother surname be more prominent?
shareNo it isn't - Charles does not have a surname.
shareLouise Mountbatten, one of his great-aunts, was married to a Swedish king, Gustav VI Adolf.
There are plenty of little known connections between the royal families of Europe.
That's not accidental.
In olden days, Royal families used to send the non heirs to other countries to marry them to other royals. Allowed them to marry within their class and in extreme cases prevent possible coup d'etat.
Of course.
Still, lots of people don't know that Queen Louise was Prince Philip's aunt.
or that teutonic prince philip's daddy was the deposed king of greece. not a lick of greek blood in 'em.
also, all of prince philip's sisters wed nazis.
still, i liked the old bird. he was tough, had a good serviceable dry wit appropriate to high station. he was way smarter than his daft uncle who specialized in getting british commandos killed, breaking navy ships, or leaving the indian subcontinent in flames, before getting his family killed by attempting to vacation amongst the irish. we won't speak of his great love for 12yo boys.
I have to make one correction though: Philip's father only was a prince of Greece, not a king.
As for Philip's brothers-in-law being Nazis, that is hardly weird considering that they were Germans in that era.
But it was lucky for Philip that he was allowed to come to the UK instead and not get involved in that ideology.
right. Philip's uncle was the king. thanks.
sharethe region which became germany was littered with itty bitty kingdoms & duchies. lots of niches for the royal spawn :
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Holy_Roman_Empire_1648.svg/1024px-Holy_Roman_Empire_1648.svg.png
He was blown up on his boat by the IRA.
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