• Gork@sopuli.xyz
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    24 hours ago

    I’m still not used to the cumbersome British royal family name, Mountbatten-Windsor, but I’m at least glad there’s at least some consequences for association with Epstein, even if it is relatively small.

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        22 hours ago

        So scandalous that ze Germans have infiltrated the Royal Family! 🧐

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        20 hours ago

        Yes but Mountbatten is anglicization of Battenburg, not Glücksburg. All those branches are intertwined, of course.

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          15 hours ago

          We are both right, though I didn’t express it correctly.

          Prince Phillip adopted the name Mountbatten, which is English for Battenburg, but he is of the House of Glücksburg.

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      22 hours ago

      Weird that The Guardian has chosen a completely unique new convention for naming this guy in headlines. Everyone else would have their family name in the headline.

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        20 hours ago

        It’s so that the readers can tell who’s being talked about at a glance, not weird at all.