I don’t believe Alexander has ever been used, has it?
They could go for Geordi.
I’m old enough to have seen Ray Jay Johnson perform that bit on television, but not old enough to understand what’s funny about it.
There were three kings of the Scots named Alexander. I can’t remember whether that would make a British monarch Alexander IV.
It wasn’t funny in an absolute sense. It was funny compared to what else was on TV in those days.
I can believe that.
There were only three channels, remember? And if it was a two-parter, you had to wait until next week.
Kids these days have no idea what hardships we endured.
Well, Batman was on twice a week!
When the current Queen took the throne as Queen Elizabeth II, there were some in Scotland who were upset, because there had never been a Scottish Queen Elizabeth.
Winston Churchill proposed that in the future, if a monarch came to the throne, the higher of the English or Scottish numbering should be used. So if the new prince eventually ascends and reigns as Alexander, by Churchill’s suggestion he should be listed as Alexander IV. See the wiki article on Regnal Numbers.
It may be moot, though, if Scotland votes for independence next year.
Lord Culloden, the grandson of the Queen’s first cousin the Duke of Gloucester, is named Xan.
So is it “George Alexander Lewis” or “George Alexander Louie”?
It’s spelled Louis, and pronounced Louie. The name originated with Lord Louis Mountbatten, Prince Philip’s uncle, who was very close to Prince Charles. Charles gave his name to his son (William Arthur Philip Louis), who has now passed it on to his son. Lord Mountbatten was assassinated by the IRA in 1979.
Thank you.
I’d always assumed that the Mountbattens, being German, would not have pronounced it the French way…
King George Alexander Louis…?
The Costanza King…!?
“Ok. Explain British Royalty to me.”
“Ok. Its a very simple concept. Its a Monarchy… that makes laws… about Nothing…”
If they really wanted to keep the German pronunciation, they’d have just stayed with Ludwig (which is what Lord Mountbatten’s father was originally called).
I have always heard Louis Mountbatten’s name pronounced as Lewis not Louie.
and pronounce “George” as “Gay-org”, like in Sound of Music!
In the “Kate Middleton is pregnant” thread, I predicted if the baby was a boy, he’d be Prince Louis… and I got the other names horribly wrong 
(Louis Charles Philip John). That was back in January
I wonder why they choose to honor only one of the Beatles (and the “quiet one” at that) and ignore the other three, including the two that are still living? Royals- who can figger 'em out.
Not in the UK, it’s always Louie (see youtube clip of BBC documentary, 01:20)
Lewis is usually a surname, and is spelled how it is pronounced. And, dare I say, Lewis as a first name would be a little downmarket, certainly not for the royals.
Isn’t that a little French?
What first names tend to be upmarket and downmarket in the UK? Any rhyme or reason to them?