Thoughts on HBP

[pippin_999]

Lexicon Steve:

> So here's a more general question that I've wondered about. 
What's up with the "Prince" thing?<

We have hints of an obsolete aristocracy, just as we have hints 
of an obsolete religion--something that used to be important in 
the past but which most people don't consider relevant 
nowadays. We have the various titled ghosts and portraits, 
Voldemort's self-styled "Lord" and the Noble and Ancient House 
of Black. We have a ton of Arthurian references, probably all 
familiar to the old hands here.

 We also have Grimmauld Place. Grimaldi is the family name of 
the royal house of Monaco, whose sovereign bears the title 
Prince. The current Prince famously married a commoner. Of 
course it could all be a snave...(that's Evans, backward.)

Pippin