the reference formerly known

[calimac]

Why aren't people referring to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as "the Andrew formerly known as Prince"?

Comments

[cmcmck]

They are! :o)

[soemand]

Good one. Touché

[calimac]

Using that precise wording? It's the wording that's important. The general sense, of course it's common.

[lsanderson]

Because he isn't a musician from Minnesota? (That said, I think I have seen it in a Guardian column.)