By Bryony Jones, CNN
“Willie, Willie, Harry, Ste,” it began. “Harry, Dick, John, Harry three / One, two, three Neds, Richard two / Harrys four, five, six, then who?” It then ended with the most recent monarchs: “Edward seven, George and Ted / George the sixth, now Liz instead.”
Of course, it’s not done that way any more, but if it were, which name would make it into the next verse? We know that “Charles” and “William” will follow “Liz,” but which name will follow theirs?
Long before it was announced that William and Catherine had had a baby boy, speculation about what they’ll call the newest addition to the royal family reached fever pitch. Would they pick a name that has already featured in that schoolroom poem?
“William and Kate are very much a couple of the 21st century but I think they will stick to traditional names, in keeping with the past,”Kate’s biographer Claudia Joseph told CNN.
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