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0 pointsomneity2y ago0 comments

I am not familiar with the rules for names like this. If you don't mind me asking, how does it work? Are your first male descendants expected to be named the same until one of them changes his mind?

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thrtythreeforty2y ago

Yes exactly. I was free to name him whatever I liked, but at this point it's too neat to break the tradition.

rvense2y ago

Another question from a country where only the king does this: Is it part of your legal name, or just a convention?

(Also, does it make your feel like royalty?)

thrtythreeforty2y ago

I'd have to check to be certain, but I am pretty sure we didn't put it on birth certificates. It's convention only - some businesses (notably banks) have a "suffix" field to help disambiguate customers, but many of them are drop-downs which stop at "IV" for some reason.

What really makes me feel like royalty is not the name, it's the throne room I had installed in my summer home in the Bahamas. That and requiring everyone I meet to call me "sire." (/s)

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thrtythreeforty2y ago

Yes exactly. I was free to name him whatever I liked, but at this point it's too neat to break the tradition.

rvense2y ago

Another question from a country where only the king does this: Is it part of your legal name, or just a convention?

(Also, does it make your feel like royalty?)

thrtythreeforty2y ago

What really makes me feel like royalty is not the name, it's the throne room I had installed in my summer home in the Bahamas. That and requiring everyone I meet to call me "sire." (/s)

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