There are plenty to choose from Anna. As each generation doubles up,we can pick some of the more ancient Welsh royalties on offer. How about Rhodri MAWR,Hywel Da,and many others before them. All of them related in one way or another to most people on this list. Including me.   He's also descended via his grandmother the late Princess Diana to at least three lines back to King Charles II[R.1660-1685] Via his umpteen   Mistresses.[No Telly in those days!]   Last night I wrote a letter to the South Wales Echo on the subject. Dunno if they will print it though? Cheers Graham. P.S;I recommend the Christian name's of "Charles,Phillip,Harry,Edward,George" for the new baby. If it had been a girl,It would obviously been a "Diana"somewhere in its four/five Christian names. What do others think? Graham Williams, Glam;FHS# 551. of Canton,Cardiff.

From: Robert Williams <[email protected]> > There are plenty to choose from Anna. > As each generation doubles up,we can pick some of the more ancient Welsh > royalties on offer. > How about Rhodri MAWR,Hywel Da,and many others before them. > All of them related in one way or another to most people on this list. > Including me. >   > He's also descended via his grandmother the late Princess Diana to at least > three lines back to King Charles II[R.1660-1685] > Via his umpteen   Mistresses.[No Telly in those days!] >   Last night I wrote a letter to the South Wales Echo on the subject. > Dunno if they will print it though? > > Cheers Graham.> Why don't the media realise (and I plead guilty to having been a media person myself for over 40 years) that, like just about every single one of us, the royal baby is related to millions of people, high-born and low and in-betweens? We are all the result of a mix of ancestors, good, bad and indifferent - some ancestors we prefer to others but none of us can be choosers! On his mother's side, for instance, it's well known that the sprog descends from miners, road sweepers, some fellow who was in prison in 1881, etc, etc, etc. Kate's ancestry on both her paternal and maternal lines has been well documented, so all one has to do is add the baby's onto hers. William's lines hardly need spelling out. However, I have to say that in doing a bit of Googling yesterday I came across what has to be the best headline of all, from gulfnews.com! Are you ready for this? BRITISH ROYAL BABY RELATED TO DRACULA The article explains: "But there are other surprises in store in the royal familyŽs family tree. Through Queen Mary, the wife of King George V, who ruled from 1910 to 1936, the line stretches back, according to Beaucarnot, right to the princes of Transylvania and Walachia in Romania. That leads back in the 15th century to the Princes Dracula. Among them figures the Voivode Vlad III, also known by his patronymic name Dracula, who was was posthumously dubbed Vlad the Impaler. He inspired, by his cruelty, the Irish writer Bram StokerŽs famous vampire." I hope that if the baby really does descend from Dracula, his mum doesn't hold him too close to her neck when she's cuddling him! -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Famous family trees blog: http://blog.findmypast.co.uk/tag/roy-stockdill/ "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE