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It annoys me that they call the person a prince. There is no nobility in Germany.
by markeibes 4y ago
It annoys me that they call the person a prince. There is no nobility in Germany.
- guenthert 4y agoAll member of nobility lost their privileges early in the Weimarer Republic (1919), but they were allowed to keep their titles. Many chose to drop those as well, but some keep them to this day. My (one guy on the Internet) impression is that the majority of British still support their nobility (as demonstrated just recently when Queen Elizabeth II died), while in Germany only a minority does. I can't help feeling a bit pity for those clinging to their titles, particularly if they make publicly a fool of themselves like Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Buhl-Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg (!) [1] or this "prince". [1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiatsaff%C3%A4re_Guttenberg https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiatsaff%C3%A4re_Guttenberg
- stormking 4y agoThere are no royal "titles" in germany, just people with a strange surname. Calling that dude a prince or his name a title is just wrong.