Bets are being taken on possible names for William and Kate's baby!!!

That's what I was trying to say!

Sorry – meant had a married life and had children together – maybe even a son.

Arthur did marry Catherine which is why Henry could claim that he wasn't legally married to her.

Nellie

Is one of princess Anne's daughter's name "Primark" ?

Marry her!

Marty her!

I thought he did marry Henry? That was the grounds he was using for divorce. Arthur came down from his bridal bed saying 'tonight I have been in spain'

Galen I think Prince Arthur's death remains a mystery. King John was accused of stabbing him and chucking him in the Seine but there is no evidence that he did.

As for the later Arthur – how different English history would have been had he survived and married Catherine of Aragon.

Boudicca?

Gally Is your daughter really Georgiana? I think it's a wonderful name.
Quite a possibility too, as the Georgiana was an ancestor of the baby's paternal grandmother.
Odd to think of Diana as a Grandma .
Royal babies always have at least four names, so plenty of scope for both tradition and modernity.
I don't suppose when Princess Anne named her daughter, she imagined that one day the baby would share her name with a low-end clothing chain

Wasn't the other murdered by John?

I think at last two Prince Arthurs have died in childhood. Henry Vllls older brother for one.

Tuppence! That is used as a euphemism for a vagina!

Child cruelty! IMO

Hilda after Hilda of Whitby? A very powerful lady!

Galen Arthur is one Prince Charles's names – Charles Phillip Arthur George – although I have a feeling that Lady Diana Spencer said them in the wrong order at their wedding.

Maggiemaybe Norman royals on an English throne, whether Maud (Empress Matilda) or Stephen and Matilda (his wife). Not really our first female ruler in an inclusive way.

If its a girl how about Ethelfleda. A boy Arthur

As a Margaret (officially), I sincerely hope it'll never be coming back!

Still, as you say Nonny, there are loads of short forms - one site says 97. Some are quite trendy now - Maggie (but of course), Meg, Peggy, Daisy, Maisie, Pearl... Who knows, even Madge might make a comeback one day.

For the Royal baby, I like Matilda - our first female ruler, usurped due to rampant sexism and never mentioned in the list of monarchs. Typical.

Gally

Talking of names - I've just read a birth announcement in a certain paper
'a son Biggles and a daughter Posie, bro and sis for Tuppence'. More ideas for Kate and Wills?

Gillybob

Zane, Cody, Cory, Tully, Mason, Fletcher, Murphy, Nelson, Tyler, Phoenix, Indie - just a few of my DGS's pals in Oz. I could go on but it's a bit painful
Hope they go for something like Alice or Arthur - I'm just a bit old hat when it comes to names..........

lullyd My class had all those names as well! It was the babyboomer effect.

*GillyB" was your teacher always shouting at you for playing on GRANSNET instead of getting on with your work!

ana Thanks for that I wasn't sure.

What about Williamina-?-a good old Scottish name I believe.

merlot!