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To: Albion Wilde

if true, it makes the pretentious taxpayer-funded fools at ABC Australia have egg on their faces!

10 May: ABC Australia: Was Archie named by Meghan Markle and Prince Harry after one of these Archibalds?
By Michael Collett and Emily Sakzewski
However, the name isn’t without precedent among the aristocracy of the British Isles.
While Archie can be a name in its own right (and it seems like that’s the case with Baby Sussex), it nevertheless derives from Archibald, a mix between the old German name Ercanbald and old English name Eorcanbeald — ‘eorcan’ meaning genuine and precious and ‘beald’ meaning bold.
The Germanic version was brought to Britain by the Normans, but the name became more common in medieval Scotland where it developed its own Gaelic version...
There have been men by the name of Archibald in the House of Stewart (later the House of Stuart), while the name could also be a nod to Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, reportedly an ancestor of Princess Diana.
Here’s some background on two of the more famous noble Archibalds...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-10/was-archie-named-after-one-of-these-archibalds/11095496


61 posted on 05/10/2019 7:19:22 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: MAGAthon
Fans claim baby Archie's name is a secret tribute to Meghan because it's a near-anagram of her real moniker, Rachel
63 posted on 05/11/2019 2:41:58 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (We believe that faith and family, not government and bureaucracy, are the true American way.--DTrump)
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