A returned battleship Prince of Wales would share her name with the modern carrier. The suggestion that the carrier become Ark Royal runs into the traditional objection that renaming a ship brings bad luck. Duke of Cornwall is offered as another solution because it is another title of the same royal namesake. In that proposal, changing the ship's name would preserve the person being commemorated.
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Two ships named Prince of Wales
A hypothetical naming clash between the battleship and carrier leads to a proposed solution using another title of the same royal namesake.