Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/09

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Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: Windsors Use Leicas!
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 19:12:33 -0500

At 03:06 PM 11/9/1999 -0800, Peter Kotsinadelis wrote:
>
>Prince Philip was Greek.  Trust me, with a last name like mine I should
>know.
>

He was born Prince Philip von Oldenburg;  in 1947, he became a British
subject (8 years after joining the Royal Navy!) and changed his name to
Montbatten.

Pardon me, Peter.  I was unaware that "von Oldenburg" and "Montbatten" were
identifiably Hellenic names.

Marc

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