Wikipedia Debates If Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Is a Prince or Not

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Wikipedia editors debate whether to refer to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as 'Prince Andrew' following his loss of royal titles, reflecting a broader discussion on royal etiquette and Wikipedia's role in documenting it.

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lxgr

2 months ago

Hopefully there's at least consensus on whether he's a TV tower?

rurban

2 months ago

Whereas Mountbatten was formerly called Battenberg (since Germany declared war on them in WW1), and for the same reason Windsor was formerly called Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Which family really is the House of Wettin (the saxony kings). Who was my latest landlord.

whycome

2 months ago

I think the key new context here, for those that don’t care to follow, is that he’s having his titles stripped (including Prince). This is in addition to the earlier move have him not officially use titles like Duke.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/30/prince-andre...

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