What's the Prince in HBP a Prince of?

[Patrick Jarrett]

No: HPFGUIDX 119192


I have a confession to make concerning the HBP... I am not really
concerned with WHO is the HBP, I'm more wondering how this is going to
weave into the story. And in doing so I think it will lead me to ideas
about who it could be.

What exactly could THE Prince be a Prince of? So far in the WW the
groups identify with their country. England has a Minister at least.
And the next issue arises in that all Hogwarts students are from the
British isles...

Yes, there is the Royal family, but with the chasm between Muggles and
the WW, how would JKR work this into the story?

So then, looking elsewhere, we have some characters from Bulgaria
(Krum, Karkaroff?) and then the Beauxbottoms from somewhere near
France?

Bulgaria in the 80s was under the Soviet sphere which was not a
Monarchy with lineage as a factor. And France has run off their
Constitution since the 1950s and so they had a President during the
time.

So then, with this knowledge I began wondering again. What races have
we met who might be a viable option...

Hagrid is a half giant. And from what we've learned concerning the
Giant culture, they do not have royalty in any sense of the word.

So then I ask you all to join me in wondering just what the HBP is the
Prince of?

-- Patrick