# Prince Louis: A shot across the bow of Republican France? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 6, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712 "2018-05-06T19:31:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/1 "2018-05-06T19:31:39Z")
I pay little attention to the British royal family except when their actions threaten world peace or when I can look at “Princess” Kate, but when she and that doofus she married named their kid Louis it caught my attention. Is it their intention to renew Britain’s claim to the throne of France, and is giving him a proper Bourbon name a sop to French royalists to grease the wheels? I am concerned that won’t fly because the British royals only started liking the French royals back in Scarlet Pimpernel times and only after most had been executed, and the French might see right through it. In that case, will this trigger a second Hundred Years War or will the French cave because they want a hottie like Kate to be their queen, too? I dismiss any suggestions the name refers to granny’s favorite uncle, Louie Mountbatten, because Kate has sucked up to her enough by not being Camilla. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/2 "2018-05-06T20:11:26Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I dismiss any suggestions the name refers to granny’s favorite uncle, Louie Mountbatten, because Kate has sucked up to her enough by not being Camilla. I’m not sure who you mean by Granny (Queen Elizabeth II?), but she is not the one who had the relationship with Louis Mountbatten, who is related on Prince Philip’s side. Mountbatten was Prince Charles’ favorite uncle; they were extremely close, and he was assassinated. Charles gave his own son, Willliam, the name Louis (William Arthur Philip Louis) in Mountbatten’s memory, and William also gave the name to his first son (George Alexander Louis). The evidence is overwhelming that William is continuing the tradition of honoring Mountbatten by keeping the name in the family with Prince Louis (Louis Arthur Charles). ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/3 "2018-05-06T20:12:14Z")
I’m no royalist but I’m not sure what William has done to deserve being called a doofus. I think his dad is a colossal dick but he seems like a nice guy, Army, RAF search and rescue pilot, helicopter ambulance pilot. In fact both the brothers seem as well adjusted as royals could be. Harry served in harms way in Afghanistan is clearly devoted to his services charity work and they both come across as good ambassadors for the country. I’m not in favour of the royals but if you consider our head of state is our prime ambassador then both Liz 2 and William seem well up to the task (but not Charles, the man’s an idiot) ---
**Author:** ![Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delicious)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/4 "2018-05-06T20:12:22Z")
It damn well better be, I’m sick of them Frenchies sitting in Brittany like it’s theirs. They sit there all happy with their nicer country and superior cuisine but we’ll see who’s laughing when King Louie claims the throne and forces them to move to our shitty, rainy island and eat jellied eels! ---
**Author:** ![Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delicious)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/5 "2018-05-06T20:15:02Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > I’m no royalist but I’m not sure what William has done to deserve being called a doofus. I think his dad is a colossal dick but he seems like a nice guy, Army, RAF search and rescue pilot, helicopter ambulance pilot. In fact both the brothers seem as well adjusted as royals could be. Harry served in harms way in Afghanistan is clearly devoted to his services charity work and they both come across as good ambassadors for the country. > > I’m not in favour of the royals but if you consider our head of state is our prime ambassador then both Liz 2 and William seem well up to the task (but not Charles, the man’s an idiot) I’ve never got what people have against Prince Charles, he always seemed nice to me, if a bit of a tree hugger. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/6 "2018-05-06T20:26:15Z")
When’s the last time the British royal family threatened world peace? The seventeenth century? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/7 "2018-05-06T20:41:43Z")
> [@Delicious](#): > > I’ve never got what people have against Prince Charles, he always seemed nice to me, if a bit of a tree hugger. It’s the ears. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/8 "2018-05-06T20:42:13Z")
> [@Delicious](#): > > It damn well better be, I’m sick of them Frenchies sitting in Brittany like it’s theirs. > > They sit there all happy with their nicer country and superior cuisine but we’ll see who’s laughing when King Louie claims the throne and forces them to move to our shitty, rainy island and eat jellied eels! King Louis? Wasn’t he in the Jungle Book? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/9 "2018-05-06T20:49:01Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > When’s the last time the British royal family threatened world peace? The seventeenth century? Well, Lyndon Larouche thinks the Queen is the world’s largest drug dealer. > **[Views of Lyndon LaRouche and the LaRouche movement | The Queen and Prince Philip](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Views_of_Lyndon_LaRouche_and_the_LaRouche_movement#The_Queen_and_Prince_Philip)** > > According to book critic and columnist Scott McLemee: ---
**Author:** ![Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delicious)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/10 "2018-05-06T20:52:43Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > When’s the last time the British royal family threatened world peace? The seventeenth century? I agree, they’re slacking off. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > It’s the ears. They’ve only got a shallow gene pool, it’s what we expect from our royals > [@Filbert](#): > > King Louis? Wasn’t he in the Jungle Book? I’ve not read it, does he get beheaded by the animals? ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/11 "2018-05-06T21:25:29Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > When’s the last time the British royal family threatened world peace? The seventeenth century? Probably 1936 or so, when the King was pretty close to being a Nazi sympathiser. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/12 "2018-05-06T22:16:01Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I dismiss any suggestions the name refers to granny’s favorite uncle, Louie Mountbatten, because Kate has sucked up to her enough by not being Camilla. How about the suggestion that it’s a common name in use in the house of Windsor for the last several decades? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/13 "2018-05-06T22:44:14Z")
They could at least have spelled it “Lewis”. Darned frog-lovers. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/14 "2018-05-06T23:12:12Z")
> [@naita](#): > > How about the suggestion that it’s a common name in use in the house of Windsor for the last several decades? Bah! “House of Windsor?” It is to laugh! A royal house literally named after their house when they decided to pretend they weren’t German. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/15 "2018-05-06T23:22:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Well, Lyndon Larouche thinks the Queen is the world’s largest drug dealer. And David Icke thinks she’s a lizard. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/16 "2018-05-06T23:29:30Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > Probably 1936 or so, when the King was pretty close to being a Nazi sympathiser. In 1936, Edward VIII was the King and Stanley Baldwin was the Prime Minister. In 1937, George VI was the King and Baldwin was still the Prime Minister. This illustrates who holds the real power in the United Kingdom. A member of the British royal family can’t be a threat to world peace because they no longer have the power to do anything of significance. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/17 "2018-05-07T04:12:37Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Bah! “House of Windsor?” It is to laugh! A royal house literally named after their house when they decided to pretend they weren’t German. Well King Charles III can always change it to the House of Mountbatten like Great-Uncle Louis wanted. Hell he could even change it to Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg if he so pleased. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/18 "2018-05-07T17:52:01Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Well King Charles III can always change it to the House of Mountbatten like Great-Uncle Louis wanted. Hell he could even change it to Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg if he so pleased. If he wanted to go old school, he could go back to the original Welf. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/19 "2018-05-07T20:46:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > If he wanted to go old school, he could go back to the original Welf. Or how about Victoria’s family name [Guelf (see the last addendum)](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/884/what-did-prince-andrew-39-s-superiors-in-the-royal-navy-call-him/) (which I expect is a variation on Welf), or even “Wettin” or “Wipper”, wherever in hell that one came from. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712/20 "2018-05-07T21:06:06Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > Or how about Victoria’s family name [Guelf (see the last addendum)](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/884/what-did-prince-andrew-39-s-superiors-in-the-royal-navy-call-him/) (which I expect is a variation on Welf), or even “Wettin” or “Wipper”, wherever in hell that one came from. So she was Canadian? :eek: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-louis-a-shot-across-the-bow-of-republican-france/813712.md?page=2)