Charlotte is Pippa's middle name as well. Elizabeth Kate's middle name....and really do you think they are forcing her to agree to names she doesn't like or refusing to allow her input?
She's fine with it so nothing for us to go on about.
LaRae
I did mention the fact Charlotte and Elizabeth were middle names of the family
Its 'fringe' benefits. Elizabeth was of course for the queen, it just happens to be an extra benefit it was Carole's middle name. If they chose to honor Carole or Pippa, an actual honor to them would be Philippa or Carole.
Did they put a gun to Kate and make her choose royal names? No. But is there likely pressure to choose 'royal names' for the kids, put on them? Yes, I think there highly is.
Look at the BRF names. Beyond Anne's kids, the only grandkids even who have names from their non-royal family, is James.
-William (royal) Arthur (royal) Philip (grandfather) Louis (great-Uncle)
-Henry (royal) Charles (dad) Albert (queen's father) David (royal)
-Beatrice (royal) Elizabeth (queen) Mary (royal)
-Eugenie (royal) Victoria (royal) Helena (royal)
-Louise (royal) alice (prince Philip) Elizabeth (queen) Mary (royal)
-James (royal) Alexander (royal) Philip (grandfather) Theo is for Sophie's grandfather
The queen did use some of her husband's family. But Philip's family was Greek royals on one side and former German royals on the other.
Charles (royal) Philip (dad) Arthur (royal) Louis (dad's side which is royal)
Anne (royal) Elizabeth (mom) Alice (grandmother) Louise (royal)
Andrew (grandfather) Albert (grandfather) Christian (royal) Edward (royal)
Edward (royal)Antony (uncle) Richard (queen's cousin) Louis (royal)
I am not quite sure of the "naming" habits of the BRF. Who was Anne named after or Andrew for that matter? I think they too use names they like, I mean look at the number of people querying as to whether Charles will take a different Regnal name because of the unfortunate status of his predecessors. Elizabeth and Philip probably didn't give it a moment's thought.
Anne is a traditional British royal name, including the name of a Queen regnant.
Andrew would of course be Philip's father, prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark.
I tend to doubt that they used the name to honor Louis Mountbatten because neither Catherine or William ever knew him. There is no reason to think that William and Catherine weren't thinking of Diana's family when they chose the name.I know people who have used the names of long-dead relatives, but it is usually because they like the name and the family connection is a bonus.
You think it more likely they named him for Viscount Althorp, then because of a dead relative??? Unless they plan to use Viscount Althorp as a godfather and decided to honor him, seems highly unlikely they were honoring him.
It likely has more to do with the fact that it is one of William's names. And is name held in high regard in the family.
The reality is with first names at least, they don't choose names because 'they are our favorite singer'. They choose names that have royal/family pedigree, to continue the family line.