ROYAL NAMES
It is unusual for a Royal baby to be christened with a single name, as Prince Harald of Norway was recently. His father, Prince OJaf, has five names, and English Royalties have generally run to about the same number. King George V had eight, but four of thern —George, Andrew, Patrick, Davidbore a territorial significance. Queen Victoria had only two; the choice was a matter of dispute at the font, and the Prince Regent grudgingly sanctioned Victoria—"to come after the other" (AlexEmdrina). But in the matter of plenitude of names the Bour-bon-Parma family seem to take precedence. The Empress Zita, mother of the deposed Austrian Emperor, Karl, has 10 Christian names, and her 11 brothers and sisters distributed 63 among them.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23222, 21 June 1937, Page 16
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123ROYAL NAMES Otago Daily Times, Issue 23222, 21 June 1937, Page 16
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