What nicknames do members of the British royal family call each other in an informal setting?

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

They are never called by their last name, but each of the members of the British royal family has their own title, which is difficult to remember and even more difficult to pronounce. It is difficult to convict these aristocrats of inappropriate behavior, sometimes it seems that they are not at all of this world. In fact, nothing human is alien to the representatives of the British monarchy. They are happy to use in an informal setting not long names and titles, but affectionate or comic nicknames.

Queen Elizabeth II

In fact, since childhood, the affectionate name Lilibet has stuck to the current Queen of Great Britain, but it appeared thanks to Elizabeth herself. The fact is that the baby herself did not immediately learn to pronounce the name Elizabeth, which was difficult for a child, for some time she introduced herself as "Tillabet", and already the parents began to call her daughter Lilibet.

Young children often do not pronounce words correctly and instead of Granny (grandmother) they get a completely different name. So, Prince William only got Gary, and his eldest son got Gen-Gen as a result. However, the queen was never against it. But the husband very affectionately sometimes calls his wife his little cabbage.

Prince Charles

It is clear that the sons William and Harry call the prince dad or, like the eldest son, in short: "Pa". However, Camilla often calls her husband Fred. The secret of this name lies in the plane of conspiracy. Back in the days when Prince Charles was married to Diana, inventive Camilla invented the name Fred for her lover. They do not need to hide their relationship for a long time, but the habit of using conspiratorial names has remained.

Camilla Parker Bowles

Ever since Camilla Parker-Bowles had a secret affair with Prince Charles, her conspiratorial name Gladys has also remained. According to legend, the prince's wife even found her husband's amazing bracelet with the first letters of the names F and G. But Gladys is not Camilla's only nickname. For some reason, the grandchildren call their grandmother very much in tune with the name of the star performer: Gaga. The wife of Prince Charles herself once told her famous "namesake" about this.

Prince William

During his studies at the university, in all documents, the prince passed under the pseudonym William Wales, and he himself introduced himself as Steve. Until now, his university friends call him Steve. As a child, when the family was in Australia, Lady Dee saw a funny Australian animal and since then called her son Wombat. True, Prince William believes that he is not at all like this animal, but at the same time he smiles slyly and it becomes clear: in principle, he completely agrees with this nickname.

Kate Middleton

The whole world calls the Duchess by an abbreviated name and rarely does anyone remember that in fact the wife of Prince William is called Catherine Elizabeth Middleton. But the husband often calls Kate Baby (Poppet), not even embarrassed by the presence of strangers. But this is not the only nickname of the Duchess of Cambridge. During her school years, classmates called Kate Squeaky (Squick). At the same time, the origin of the name was not at all romantic: that was the name of one of the two guinea pigs who lived in the school's living corner. In her student years, the Duchess of Cambridge received the nickname "Waiting Kate" (Waity Katie). However, this is not surprising when you consider how long it took Kate to wait for the decisive step from her prince.

Prince harry

As a child, my mother called Prince Harry (by the way, his real name is Henry) Ginger - "redhead". Prince Harry came up with his second name on his own. Trying not to publicize the details of his life in Las Vegas, the prince created a secret account for himself on the social network Facebook. Here he chose to be called Spike Wells. However, the prince's secret was discovered pretty quickly, and someone even spread very frivolous photos of the prince on the Internet.

Prince george

For Prince Charles, his eldest grandson will forever remain Georgie, as he calls him from infancy. And Kate Middleton is not at all averse to playing with her son's name: since the birth of her first child, she called him PG (Prince George) for short. And then she added the word Tips to the abbreviation. As a result, she often calls her son PG Tips. This is the same name for a very common tea brand in Britain.

Princess charlotte

The young princess, despite her very tender age, is distinguished by her fighting character and the ability to stand up for herself. She is never embarrassed by the presence of many people, and the attention of the public to Charlotte is sometimes even flattered. Charlotte can be both charmingly sweet and quite stubborn and determined. It seems, in this case, little Charlotte's school nickname, Warrior Princess, seems quite reasonable.

After the beloved grandchildren of Elizabeth II, first William, and seven years later Harry, got their own families, the Queen, of course, took care of where they would live and raise their children. She presented them with magnificent apartments in London's Kensington Palace and country houses.