Talk:Disney Prince/@comment-4075031-20121226163536/@comment-1416077-20130301204447

Strictly speaking, Arthur from The Sword in the Stone is never actually a prince; lineage is important (he is the son of King Uther), but recognition is key: he was the unrecognized bastard son of the king, thus, not a prince.

When he draws Excalibur from the stone, he goes directly from ignoble squire to King, bypassing princehood altogether.