What regnal name will Prince Charles take?

I think he will choose to be George VII because he has previously said he would. That means, I think, that the new Prince George will become known by one of his other names - probably Alexander - and may well choose that as a regnal name.

Naming the new little prince "George" won't prevent Prince Charles from adopting "George" as his regnal name. William V will just come between George VII and George VIII. After all, George I, II, III, and IV followed on the heels of each other and George V and George VI were only separated by Edward VIII.

I think calling the new baby George is very significant. Yes, Charles was known to be considering becoming George as King. How that will be now is interesting. Is this perhaps a clue to the fact he won't ever be crowned and will now stand aside in favour of William, meaning their new son will be George VII and not Charles. Although of course, the new baby could decide not to be King George!!! King Alexander would be a new one!

ps I have money on the fact he will be King, the moment the Queen dies, but will never be crowned.

Most do change their name - Albert became Edward VII, David became Edward VIII, Bertie became George VI.

Historically we had four Georges in a row - followed by a William.

If he takes George VII as a tribute to the Queen's regard for her father, then his son could be William V and the new one could be George VIII.

King Arthur sounds unlikely - and Philip is too much like the catholic King Philip II - the husband of Mary I, and King Charles sounds too much like a breed of dog to be credible, nothwithstanding the poor associations with the name.

More to the point - what is Milly going to call herself.

Who knows? He himself has remarked in the past on the speculation and said forget it, he'll tell us when he becomes king. The only reason there's any argument at all is that the previous two King Charleses weren't exactly shining examples - one caused the English Civil War and the other is most famous for his mistresses. He might choose to "rehabilitate" Charles. After all, that's what we've all known him as for the last 64 years.

The last time any monarch didn't use their own first name as their regnal name was when Prince "Bertie" decided to be George VI, and that was for a very specific reason, to emphasise continuity with his much-loved father after the abdication crisis. Back further and Albert Edward decided to be Edward VII partly as rebellion against his mother's obsession with the name Albert (if anyone was ever a control freak, it was Queen Victoria), though of course it doesn't say that in the official announcement http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27270/suppl... Queen Victoria didn't use her first name simply because her second name of Victoria was always what she had been called. Go back further and you find that monarchs not using their given name is actually quite rare.

I think he won't use his first name as his regnal name, given the negative history associated with the previous King Charles (the two of them). He could take any of his other three names, I hope he would take Arthur though. :)

I don`t think he would choose Charles because of the bad connotations with Charles I (he was condemned to death and beheaded )..It`s my guess that he`ll go with George

Edit :Laura is right Charles II wasn`t much of an example either ..he fathered at least 14 illegitimate children

My own guess is that he will stick to Charles - because the country has known him by that name for so long that changing to something else as the official title is unlikely to actually prevent people calling him Charles.

Its up to him he can either choose Charles Philip Arthur George which is his name. I don't think he will chose Charles because he won't want to be referred to Charles the first or second. I think he will chose George but know that his grandson is George he might chose Philip or Arthur.

Hope I helped

No one will know until he becomes king,then he will tell us.