Royals: They're just people, after all. And they're even said to have a private life! Kitschy nicknames are proof of that. And despite all efforts, some of them can't be kept secret.
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High Five: 5 weird nicknames for European royals you've probably never heard of
Royals: They're just people, after all. And they're even said to have a private life! Kitschy nicknames are proof of that. And despite all efforts, some of them can't be kept secret.
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
When Prince William's wife was still simply called Kate Middleton, she was a normal person who attended a normal school. Two guinea pigs were kept there, one called "Pip" and the other "Squeak." That's why Kate's sister Pippa was nicknamed "Pip," and Kate was called "Squeak," as the Duchess herself has admitted. She didn't go into any more detail, though.
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Britain's Prince William
Prince William also got a funny nickname as a child. In 1983, his famous parents, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, took him along on a trip to Australia. That's where Lady Di gave him the pet name "Wombat," which are a type of cute marsupials from Down Under. William is said to be called by that nickname even today. His brother Harry is called "Ginger" because of his red hair.
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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
The nickname of Danish Queen Margrethe II doesn't refer to animals, but rather to flowers. Since early childhood, she has been called "Daisy." The logic behind the name is simple to understand. In French, a daisy is a "marguerite" which sounds very similar to her actual name.
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Princess Estelle of Sweden
Swedish Crown Princess Victoria and her husband Daniel crossed their T's and dotted their I's when their daughter Estelle (second left) was born in 2012. At least they did when it came to her nickname. From birth onwards, they called their little darling "Pricken," which means "dot." Her younger brother, 2-year-old Oscar Carl Olof, is called "Oscis" by his proud parents.
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Prince Frederik of Denmark
In 1995, the Danish Crown Prince (right) was trained as an undersea diver by an elite troop of the Danish navy, the so-called "Frømandskorpset," which means "frogman corps." Newspaper reports and pictures of him clad in a wetsuit brought him the nickname "Frogman Pingo," — and he's never managed to get rid of it.
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The Queen of England is a cabbage. That's at least what her husband, Prince Philip, seems to think.
The royal couple has been married for 61 years now. The prince, known for his black humor, is said to sometimes call Her Royal Highness "cabbage." If the nickname was intended to remain a marital secret, it somehow must have leaked to the public.
Some royals don't wait for the leak but instead courageously step forward to reveal their odd nicknames to the media, such as Prince Harry and Prince William for instance. But of course, they won't overdo it, since they both are rumored to have numerous nicknames for each another. Most of them are probably too embarrassing to be revealed to the public.
That should come as no surprise since everyone knows that once you have a nickname, it sticks like glue. The Danish Crown Prince Frederik knows this all too well.
So what do royals call one another when they are only among themselves? We give you the scoop in our High Five gallery above.