Every family has them: endearment nicknames that can be a nod to a funny inside joke or a sweet pet name that represents how much you adore that person.
It seems even the Windsors are in on the nicknames, if the rumors are true, and some strange and unexpected nicknames include the Queen being called ‘Gary’ and Prince George being nicknamed ‘PG Tips’.
Just as William and Kate’s relationship has undoubtedly developed over the years with marriage and children, so have their nicknames for each other.
Here FEMAIL reveals how the family tends to call each other…
William, Prince of Wales
Nicknames began for the Prince of Wales at the age of two, as he remembers his mother, Princess Diana, calling him ‘wombat’ on a family trip to Australia.
In 2007, he told NBC’s Matt Lauer: “When we went to Australia with our parents and the wombat, that’s the local animal.” So basically they called me that. Not because I look like a wombat, or maybe I do.’
According to royal sources, when William and Kate were in the first waves of romance in 2001, the 36-year-old Duke of Cambridge was nicknamed ‘Big Willy’ by his bride-to-be.
Kate’s pet name for her husband now appears to be ‘Bald Prince’, referring to his thinning crown.
But as their relationship turned into marriage, their nicknames for each other have gotten even funnier.
Kate’s nickname for her husband now appears to be ‘Bald Prince’, in reference to his thinning crown.
In Harry’s book Spare, it was revealed that the brothers were named ‘Willy’ and ‘Harold’.
Harry’s nickname for William appeared in the book just before the couple had a ‘quarrel’ and William went to get a glass of water in the kitchen. Harry said, ‘Willy, I can’t talk to you when you’re like this.’
Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales
The Princess of Wales also revealed that she was nicknamed ‘squeak’ when she visited her old school, St Andrew’s School in Berkshire.
She said: ‘I was nicknamed Squeak after my guinea pig.
‘There was one named Pip and another named Squeak because my sister’s name was Pippa and I was Squeak.’
Kate is also apparently called ‘DoD’, the ‘Duchess of Do-little’, as the Princess of Wales was rumored to have been criticized by the Queen for not having a full-time career.
Kate is also apparently called ‘DoD’, the ‘Duchess of Do-little’, as the Princess of Wales was rumored to have been criticized by the Queen for not having a full-time career.
In Katie Nicholl’s 2011 book ‘The Making of a Royal Romance’, she wrote that the Queen wanted her grandson to wait for Kate’s proposal until after she had established a career.
Katie wrote: “In private, she (the Queen) had serious concerns and believed that Kate needed to have a job and an identity of her own before an engagement was announced.”
said a source Sun: ‘Royals aren’t very good at communicating with each other, so this is one way around it. Nicknames are a way to ease family tension.
The Queen
The 92-year-old Queen has perhaps the most unlikely name; with Prince William calling her ‘Gary’ when she couldn’t pronounce grandma when she was young. The hard-to-believe nickname has apparently stuck.
Prince George had a very sweet relationship with his great-grandmother, referring to her as ‘gan-gan’ when he had a hard time pronouncing the word grandma.
One of the best-known names given to her by those close to the Queen was Lilibet.
Prince Philip had one of the most adorable nicknames for the late Queen. He used to regularly call her ‘cabbage’, which was confirmed by the Queen’s biographer, Robert Lacey.
The name was used in a 2006 movie called ‘The Queen’, where a scene showed Prince Philip getting into bed and saying ‘Move over, cabbage’.
But one of the more well-known names that people close to the Queen called her was Lilibet, which came about when the Queen was unable to pronounce her own name as a child.
The name then caught on, even her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, named her Lilibet, and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex also named their daughter Lilibet.
Prince George and Princess Charlotte
While the couple already have nicknames for Prince George too; when she was pregnant, Kate referred to him as ‘our little grape’, while the five-year-old is now occasionally referred to as PG Tips or simply ‘Tips’ after the brand of tea.
In 2019, Prince George took control of his own nickname, telling a passerby that his name was ‘Archie’.
The young prince was walking with his grandmother, Carole Middleton, near their home in Berkshire, when he struck up a conversation with a stranger.
Apparently, Prince George is called PG by his parents, which has become PG Tips, after tea, and is sometimes abbreviated to just ‘Tips’.
Kate revealed in 2019 that she names her only daughter, Princess Charlotte, Lottie.
The then-five-year-old began talking to the woman while petting her dog after playing with her younger sister, Charlotte, in a stream.
Kate revealed in 2019 that she names her only child, Princess Charlotte, Lottie. This was revealed when the Princess of Wales struck up a conversation with blogger Laura-Ann and did not refer to her daughter as ‘Charlotte’ in the conversation, but rather Lottie.
King Carlos and Camilla
Each couple has affectionate nicknames for each other and the King and Queen Consort are no different.
Fans of The Crown may remember scenes where Charles used to call Camilla ‘Gladys’ and Camilla used to call Charles ‘Fred’.
These pet names are believed to have been inspired by ‘The Goon Show’ on BBC radio and apparently predate Charles’s relationship with Diana, as the couple used them when dating in their early twenties.
Fans of The Crown may remember scenes where Charles used to call Camilla ‘Gladys’ and Camilla used to call Charles ‘Fred’.
The names of Fred and Gladys are believed to be inspired by ‘The Goon Show’ on BBC radio.
Just before her wedding to Charles, Diana found a gold bracelet on the desk of Michael Colborne (Charles’ private secretary) engraved with a ‘G’ and an ‘F’, believed to represent ‘Gladys’ and ‘Fred’.
But there is some controversy over this, as journalist Jonathan Dimbleby, who wrote Prince of Wales: A Biography and also conducted the interview in which Charles admitted to cheating on Diana, said the initials on the infamous bracelet stood for ‘Girl Friday’.
This was another nickname that Charles gave Camilla based on the movie ‘His Girl Friday’, which is about a man who tries to win back his ex-wife when he discovers that she must marry another man.
Harry and Meghan – Duke and Duchess of Sussex
Meghan Markle has reportedly been called ‘Tungsten’ by her father-in-law, King Charles, in reference to the strong metal. Apparently, she gave the Duchess of Sussex her name based on her “toughness.”
Meghan revealed on her blog, The Tig, that her mother has called her ‘Flower’ since she was a child.
Prince Harry was nicknamed ‘The Flash’ in his wilder days, and is believed to be a reference to the fictional army lothario Harry Flashman.
Meghan Markle has reportedly been called ‘Tungsten’ by her father-in-law, King Charles, in reference to the strong metal.
Prince Harry had his own Facebook account under the pseudonym ‘Spike Wells’, where he had more than 400 friends.
Other more endearing names for Harry include ‘Potter’, after JK Rowling’s boy wizard and ‘Gromit’, in reference to Nick Park’s animated canine creation.
As mentioned above, Prince William called his brother ‘Harold’ during a fight between the couple that Harry wrote about in his book, Spare.
In the book, William is quoted as saying ‘I didn’t attack you, Harold’ when confronting Harry.
Other nicknames for Prince Harry include ‘Baz, Spike, Bazzarooni’.
The woman who took Harry’s virginity, Sasha Walpole, has come forward and said the Prince gave her a Miss Piggy fairground toy and a birthday card signed ‘Baz’, which is what some of his friends called him in their youth. .
the mirror informs that Prince Harry had his own Facebook account under the pseudonym ‘Spike Wells’, where he had more than 400 friends.
This nickname is said to have come from those close to him because of his spiky hairstyle.
