sharing an unimportant discovery that made me laugh

[Alina]

No: HPFGUIDX 100207

They list isn't particularly active today, so I thought no one would mind
another post. I was just thinking about Harry's name (an idea for a ficlet
came to mind about his middle name) and then I remembered something that
bothered me in book one, the very first chapter. When Vernon asked Petunia
what Harry's name was, she told him, "Harry, a nasty common name." It always
bugged me, because, well, it's not a very patriotic thing for a Brit to say,
is it? And Vernon and Petunia always seemed to me the kind of people who
would be too scared of appearing somehow improper saying anything even
remotely anti-royal family, even in the privacy of their home.

And now something suddenly came to me... JKR was making a joke wasn't she? I
mean, Harry (Potter) was born around 1980, the conversation was happening
somewhere around 1981... and Harry the prince wasn't born until late 1984,
was he? The image of the Dursleys hearing the announcement of the birth of a
royal Harry make me smile in sadistic pleasure. Bet they fumed for weeks
that the royal couple didn't name him Dudley instead.

Alina who hopes there's canon enough in this post for her to not get into
trouble.