Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 104532

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Debra" <hpsupergeek at y...> 
wrote:

<snip>

> But if this is the legitimate title of book six, and it 
> > also was a tried-and-failed title of CS, which deals 
predominantly 
> > with Tom Riddle, then it follows semi-logically that the half-
blood 
> > prince that may or may not make an appearance in book six is Tom 
> > Riddle, the younger version of the "King", Lord Voldemort.
> (Actually, are sons of lords also known as princes? That might point
> us in a 
> > different direction.)

Carol:

<snip>

> We haven't seen any royalty among the modern
> wizards, only the self-appointed aristocracy of the purebloods and
> their self-named "lord."
> 
> The sons of lords are definitely not called princes, though the term
> "prince of the blood" was sometimes applied to dukes and earls who
> could claim direct (legitimate) descent in the male line from an
> English king (e.g. Edward III, ancestor of both the Yorkists and the
> Lancastrians). 

Geoff:
While reading this post, a thought came to me that there are places 
where the ruler is a prince and not a king or anything "higher". the 
example which immediately sprang to mind was Prince Rainier of Monaco.

Geoff [frantically trying to cope with the rising tide of messages 
over recent days. Is this the HPFGU equivalent of global warming? :-)]