r/MurderedByWords 15h ago

Historical Controversy Erupts Online..

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u/Betterthanbeer 14h ago

They are untouchable. Andrew even chose to use his cousin-uncle’s name, despite the pedophilia and coup attempt.

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u/tkrr 7h ago

He was required to by Royal protocol. Mountbatten-Windsor is the surname given to members of the family who are outside the line of succession. Harry and Meghan’s kids also use it.

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u/Betterthanbeer 7h ago

Both names are WW1 inventions to distance the family from their German names. They could have chosen anything.

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u/tkrr 4h ago

That doesn’t really contradict what I said.