Born fortnight ago, Baby Prince Baudouin, second in succession to the Belgian crown, son of Crown Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid of Sweden, was almost immediately invested with six names, honoring both his parents' royal families. But Belgian editors scanning the catalog of names were scandalized to note that the founder of the Belgian royal house, King Leopold I (Queen Victoria's "wise Uncle Leopold") had been omitted. Next day little Prince Baudouin was officially amended to read: "Baudouin Albert Charles Leopold Axel Marie Gustave," gained a pound.
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