{"id":2160574,"date":"2025-11-16T20:58:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T20:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2160574"},"modified":"2025-11-16T20:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T20:58:12","slug":"question-raised-by-ex-princes-hyphen-andrew-mountbatten-windsor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/question-raised-by-ex-princes-hyphen-andrew-mountbatten-windsor\/","title":{"rendered":"Question raised by ex-prince\u2019s hyphen | Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Is the restoration of the hyphen to Andrew\u2019s name confirmation that he is a dashed nuisance to the royal family (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2025\/nov\/12\/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-hyphenated-decreed-queen-elizabeth\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor\u2019s name to be hyphenated, as decreed by late queen, 12 November<\/a>)?<br \/><strong>Claude Scott<\/strong><br \/><em>Richmond, London<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> If each inappropriate use of the word \u201cdeliver\u201d were taxed (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2025\/nov\/11\/keir-starmer-allies-ousting-pm-would-be-reckless-fears-leadership-challenge\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Starmer allies issue warning to PM\u2019s rivals as fears grow over leadership challenge, 11 November<\/a>), Rachel Reeves would\u00a0have her money. \u201cDeliver\u201d should apply only to babies, the post and a speech.<br \/><strong>Charles Foster<\/strong><br \/><em>Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> So Tim Dowling neglected to put sultanas for eyes on his blancmange rabbit (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2025\/nov\/13\/kids-have-a-wobble-in-the-face-of-rabbit-jelly\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Letters, 13 November<\/a>). In our house, they\u00a0go behind the rabbit.<br \/><strong>Barbara Knapp<\/strong><br \/><em>Pudsey, West Yorkshire<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> We keep things simple and traditional \u2013 chocolate blancmange bunny on green jelly grass.<br \/><strong>Trish Durrant<\/strong><br \/><em>Bristol<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> The Christmas-themed centrefold (Eyewitness, 11\u00a0November) reminded me that it\u2019s time to start collecting them for\u00a0eco\u2011friendly wrapping paper.<br \/><strong>Jeanette Hamilton<\/strong><br \/><em>Buxton, Derbyshire<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> Given that Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch think that the BBC is institutionally biased (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2025\/nov\/10\/maybe-the-bbc-can-learn-a-thing-or-two-about-fake-news-from-trump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Maybe the BBC can learn a thing or two about fake news from Trump, 10 November<\/a>), I\u00a0assume they will not appear on its channels from here onwards. One can only hope.<br \/><strong>Bill Dhadli<\/strong><br \/><em>London<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> Boris Johnson calls talk of a rightwing coup at the BBC \u201cutter bollocks\u201d (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/ng-interactive\/2025\/nov\/10\/make-no-mistake-this-was-a-coup-the-extraordinary-downfall-of-the-bbcs-top-bosses\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">\u2018Make no mistake \u2013 this was a coup\u2019: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC\u2019s top bosses, 10 November<\/a>). Definitely\u00a0true, then.<br \/><strong>Cassy Firth<\/strong><br \/><strong> <\/strong><em>Morley, <\/em><em>West Yorkshire<\/em><\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong><em><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> Have an opinion on anything you\u2019ve read in the Guardian today? 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