Paola said once in an interview that they call her grandmother in Italian - which I think is nonna.
I always heard it was "Mamina" and "Papino" but maybe I'm wrong...
Paola said once in an interview that they call her grandmother in Italian - which I think is nonna.
I've heard that Ingrid Alexandra calls King Harald Bestefar, which I think means grandfather in Norwegian (correct me if I'm wrong here). Do children like Lady Louise and Margarita Armstrong- Jones still call their grandparents 'grandmamma' and 'grandpapa,' or have those manners of address sort of gone out of fashion?
Archduchess Zelia said:I presume that Lady Louise calls HM "Granny" like the other grandchildren.
I believe Queen Victoria was known as Gan-gan to her grandchildren.
I believe Queen Victoria was known as Gan-gan to her grandchildren.
Alexandra of Russia (1772-1918) called her maternal grandmother Victoria (1818-1901) "Gan-gan."
Alexandra of Russia (1772-1918) called her maternal grandmother Victoria (1818-1901) "Gan-gan."