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Princess Diana, Prince Charles and their sons
In 1981, British Prince Charles married the aristocrat Diana Spencer. A year later, the first-born appeared in the family. Newly-made parents faced a difficult choice – they had to come up with a name for the child.
The heir to the throne then, and now the monarch Charles III, dreamed that his son was called Arthur. The fact that in the future King Arthur would appear on the throne was very intriguing to Charles. Princess Diana’s husband loved stories and the most famous of the Celtic heroes.
Lady Dee categorically refused to name an heir in honor of a fictional character in the novels. The couple argued about this for a long time. In the end, the couple came to a compromise. The boy received the first name William, and the second Arthur.
In 1984, Princess Diana gave birth to her second son, the heir to the throne. The couple again began to argue about how to name the child. As a result, the spouses had to draw lots. Lady Di won. The boy was named Henry. True, no one called the child by this name. The nickname Harry quickly stuck to the baby. At first, only family members called this name of the red-haired prince, then the press found out about him. Since then, the whole world calls the youngest son of Diana by the name of Harry.
Charles, meanwhile, wanted to name his youngest son Albert. That was the name of the prince’s grandfather, George VI, before the coronation.
Note that earlier Prince Harry said he did not know why everyone called him that. Sometimes the wrong name of the grandson of Elizabeth II is indicated even in official sources. “My name is Henry too, but everyone calls me Harry. I have no idea why, ”the royal son complained when he met a four-year-old boy named Henry.