Every Tom, Dick and Harry... & Prince

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 117484


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "quigonginger"
<quigonginger at y...> wrote:
> 
> Finwitch wrote:
> > Dick's the Half Blood Prince, I guess... now we just need to find 
> > out  his surname. ...
> > 
> > So are we going to have Dick Blue, Dick Noble, Dick King - or 
> > maybe even Dick Prince? (Would make him Prince by name! and 
> > everyone's calling him by surname...)


> Ginger:
> 
> Now there's a new one.  Could the Prince family be an old wizarding 
> family (perhaps DE's?) who had a wayward son who met a Muggle?  Or 
> could they be an old Muggle family, one of whom chanced to fall in 
> love with a witch?  
> 
> Now is "Dick" Prince a new student, or a student who Harry hasn't 
> noticed yet? (gasp! the good Slytherin) or an adult?
> 
> So many questions.  I kind of like this.  It's a different take than 
> trying to infuse royalty into the picture.  Too bad all the RL royal 
> males are too old for Hogwarts.
> 
> Ginger, 


bboyminn:

Slightly OT, but Prince William was born in 1982 and Prince Harry was
born in 1984. Harry on the other hand was born in 1980. 

Prince William - June 21, 1982 (William Arthur Philip Louis
Windsor)

Prince Harry - September 16, '84 (Prince Henry Charles Albert
David Windsor)

I've often fantasized about a meeting between the Princes of the Real
world and the 'princes' (Harry & Ron) of the wizard world. In this
fantasy, P.Will and P.Harry received Hogwarts letters but because of
their high profile highly public lives, they were unable to attend. 

Also, let's not forget that there are other assorted Princes lurking
about the UK, like Prince Andrew. In addition, the House of Windsor
has direct family ties to the Royal houses of Denmark, Greece, Russia,
and Germany (maybe more; Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain,
Monaco?).

The Monarchy Today-
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page6.asp

So, theoretically, there could be, somewhere in that vast expanse of
UK related European royalty, a wizard or two. 

Also, keep in mind that it is not just the son of a King who is a
prince, but the son of a prince. Prince Will & Prince Harry are the
sons of Prince Charles. One would also assume that sons of a princess
are also Princes. Considering the House of Windsor's many
international blood ties, that makes for a lot of potential princes to
be lurking about. Then add to that all the Princes who are not related
to the Windsors. Side note: The current Windsor famil was previous
named 'Saxe-Coburg-Gotha'. 

So, that would solve the 'Prince' aspect in an interesting way, now if
I could just think of a way to tie in the Half-Blood part. Since the
focus is on the /prince/ we would logically assume that he is the
magical person in the family. So, to be half-blood, I suppose he could
either be half-royal/half-commoner, or half magic/half muggle.

Now all we have to do is decide if he is a literal prince or a
metaphorical prince. Although, I have argued in the past for a
metaphorical prince, I think it would be interesting if JKR could tie
the actual royal family of some European country to the wizard world. 

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn)

(who hopes Dick's last name is not Gosinia ;) )