[HPforGrownups] sharing an unimportant discovery that made me laugh

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 100208

On 6 Jun 2004 at 20:48, Alina wrote:

> 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.

Well, bear in mind that the prince isn't actually Prince Harry - 
he's Prince Henry Charles Albert David (I think) - Prince Henry. 
While he's commonly referred to as Harry, now, it was a fair while 
before that useage became common in the press. In Harry's case, as 
far as we know Harry is his actual proper name - not just a 
shorterning of something else - and that is a slightly different 
situation.




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