“…the royal birth could boost the British economy by nearly $400 million.”
…So there’s that. :eek: 
My prediction for the name, which is worth squat, is:
George Phillip Louis James
The little king-to-be most certainly will wee.
Arthur – the once and future king. Because none of us will live to see him become king.
Benedict – means “blessed.”
I was thinking James, but Prince Edward’s son is named James, isn’t he?
With NoScript on, the image didn’t load. That made my experience a little more interesting…
Right you are: James, Earl of Wessex - Wikipedia
Darn it, I was hoping for a girl. The line of succession is becoming too much of a sausage fest.
Yeah, I was hoping for a girl, followed by a boy. Just to test the new rules of lineage.
I think it would have been fun had there been twins, with twin 1 (girl) born just minutes before twin 2 (boy). Yes, the getting rid of primogeniture thing is sorted out for the U.K. and for Canada and one or two others, but quite a few Commonwealth countries have not agreed to it.
If we have to have all the news media full of this stuff, I demand a bit of amusement. 
The Druncle.
Admittedly, I’d never considered Charles in the context of sausage before. I’ll miss that.
I think they’ll name him “Beans.”
Or possibly “Weezer.”
No kings of England or the United Kingdom named Alexander, but there have been three kings of Scotland named Alexander:
Alexander I: reigned 1107-1124
Alexander II: reigned 1214-1249
Alexander III: reigned 1249-1286
If the baby were to be named Alexander and reigned under that name, he would be Alexander IV, if Churchill’s suggestion were followed, of using the number from whichever country, England or Scotland, is higher.
Churchill’s suggestion makes sense to me.
Unless Scotland votes for independence next year.
John George Paul [del]Ringo[/del] Richard
Ethelred II.
Well, then it’d be moot.
Not quite, if Scotland gets independence then they still want to retain the monarchy so not quite sure what would happen. A different title in Scotland with the ‘English’ title being applied to the Commonwealth?
It’s a tricky one. Currently by convention the Monarch carries the same number wherever she rules, even though many countries presumably never had a second Elizabeth (including Scotland). Scotland plans to remain in the Commonwealth also.