The Royal Family Name?

Question

what is their last name? i mean, they always adress them as prince william, or prince harry....but what is their last name? of course they have one, right? cuz they have a coat of arms to prove it....

im so confused

Answer 1

If you were to follow the rules of an ordinary marriage, then Queen Elizabeth II would have been Elizabeth Mountbatten because she married Philip Mountbatten. At the time of their marriage, he was a Greek Prince ... but Greece had done away with their monarchy years before. That was all well and good until Elizabeth's father, King George, died. British Royal protocol then kicked in because she was to become the next ruling monarch of Great Britain

In this instance you are dealing with an established set of rules and structures as well as a very well laid out hierarchy within British society. Moreover, you are dealing with the very top level of that society ... the British Royal family! Things change when you're up on those levels. Her husband, Philip, had to be 'upgraded' from what would have been a commoner as a Prince without a country to rule some day and was made into a British royal person. This was done by Parliament and the House of Lords. Philip, the Greek Prince was made Philip, Prince of Great Britain, and given the title Duke of Edinburgh. He also assumed the last name of the Royal family which is in fact ... Windsor.

The British Royal Family are members of the House of Windsor ... which is, for all intents and purposes, their last name, although it it not used as an everyday name by any of the Royals like you and I would use ours. That's just the way it is when you're at that level of society.

Answer 2

Their family name is Windsor

Answer 3

After their wedding, Philip and Elizabeth took up residence at Clarence House, London. At various times between 1946 and 1953, the Duke of Edinburgh was stationed in Malta as a serving Royal Navy officer. Lord Mountbatten of Burma had purchased the Villa Gwardamangia (also referred to as the Villa G'Mangia), in the hamlet of Gwardamangia in Malta, in about 1929. Princess Elizabeth stayed there when visiting Philip in Malta. Philip and Elizabeth lived in Malta for a period between 1949 and 1951 (Malta being the only other country in which the Queen has lived, although at that time Malta was a British Protectorate).

On 14 November 1948, Elizabeth gave birth to her first child, Charles. Several weeks earlier, letters patent had been issued so that her children would enjoy a royal and princely status they would not otherwise have been entitled to.[citation needed] Otherwise they would have been styled merely as children of a duke. The couple had four children (see below) in all. Though the Royal House is named Windsor, it was decreed, via a 1960 Order-in-Council, that those descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip who were not Princes or Princesses of the United Kingdom should have the personal surname Mountbatten-Windsor. In practice all of their children, in honour of their father, have used Mountbatten-Windsor as their surname (or in Anne's case, her maiden surname). Both Charles and Anne used Mountbatten-Windsor as their surname in the published banns for their first marriages.

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Answer 4

It is Windsor. William Arthur Philip Lois Windsor

Henry Chales Albert David Windsor

Answer 5

Queen Elizabeth is surnamed Windsor.

Her husband, Prince Philip,  is surnamed Mountbatten.

It is royal protocol that the issue (children) will assume the surname of the reigning monarch, be it a he or a she.

Therefore, Prince Charles' full name is Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor.

Though the Royal House is named Windsor, it was decreed, via a 1960 Order-in-Council, that those descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip who were not Princes or Princesses of the United Kingdom should have the personal surname Mountbatten-Windsor. In practice all of their children, in honor of their father, have used Mountbatten-Windsor as their surname (or in Anne's case, her maiden surname). Both Charles and Anne used Mountbatten-Windsor as their surname in the published banns for their first marriages.

Answer 6

I still fink it's Smiff

Answer 7

its windsor as in the house of windsor

except there is no house of windsor and it was made up when they ascended to the throne

so really, no one knows what the birth surname is

Answer 8

The official name of the group is The Royal House of Windsor.The Queen doesn't use a last name,and neither do most of the clan.Those who do can use Mountbatten-Windsor(the names of the Queen's branch and Philip's branch of the family).But,most of this family use their Royal Title as names: Prince Charles,the Prince of Wales,and his family are known as Wales;Prince Andrew,the Duke of York and his family are the Yorks,and Prince Edward,Earl of Essex and his family are the Essexes.Anne,whose husband didnot take a title is the Princess Royal,and her non-titles children wear their father's name Phillips. These title names just serve to describe each family branch of the Windsor tribe.

From http://www.royal.gov/uk :

"Members of the Royal Family can be known both by the name of their Royal house, and by a surname, which are not always the same. And often they do not use a surname at all.

People often ask whether members of the Royal Family have a surname, and, if so, what it is.

The situation of members of the Royal Family is more complex than for most people, as they can be known both by the name of the Royal house, and by a surname, which are not always the same.

Before 1917, members of the British Royal Family had no surname, but only the name of the house or dynasty to which they belonged.

Kings and princes were historically known by the names of the countries over which they and their families ruled. Kings and queens therefore signed themselves by their first names only, a tradition in the United Kingdom which has continued to the present day.

The names of dynasties tended to change when the line of succession was taken by a rival faction within the family (for example, Henry IV and the Lancastrians, Edward IV and the Yorkists, Henry VII and the Tudors), or when succession passed to a different family branch through females (for example, Henry II and the Angevins, James I and the Stuarts, George I and the Hanoverians).

Just as children can take their surnames from their father, so sovereigns normally take the name of their 'House' from their father. For this reason, Queen Victoria's eldest son Edward VII belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (the family name of his father Prince Albert). Edward VII's son George V became the second king of that dynasty when he succeeded to the throne in 1910.

In 1917, there was a radical change, when George V specifically adopted Windsor, not only as the name of the 'House' or dynasty, but also as the surname of his family. The family name was changed as a result of anti-German feeling during the First World War, and the name Windsor was adopted after the Castle of the same name.

At a meeting of the Privy Council on 17 July 1917, George V declared that 'all descendants in the male line of Queen Victoria, who are subjects of these realms, other than female descendants who marry or who have married, shall bear the name of Windsor'.      

            

The Royal Family name of Windsor was confirmed by The Queen after her accession in 1952. However, in 1960, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh decided that they would like their own direct descendants to be distinguished from the rest of the Royal Family (without changing the name of the Royal House), as Windsor is the surname used by all the male and unmarried female descendants of George V.

It was therefore declared in the Privy Council that The Queen's descendants, other than those with the style of Royal Highness and the title of Prince/Princess, or female descendants who marry, would carry the name of Mountbatten-Windsor.

This reflected Prince Philip's surname. In 1947, when Prince Philip of Greece became naturalised, he assumed the name of Philip Mountbatten as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.

The effect of the declaration was that all The Queen's children, on occasions when they needed a surname, would have the surname Mountbatten-Windsor.

For the most part, members of the Royal Family who are entitled to the style and dignity of HRH Prince or Princess do not need a surname, but if at any time any of them do need a surname (such as upon marriage), that surname is Mountbatten-Windsor.

The surname Mountbatten-Windsor first appeared on an official document on 14 November 1973, in the marriage register at Westminster Abbey for the marriage of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips.

A proclamation on the Royal Family name by the reigning monarch is not statutory; unlike an Act of Parliament, it does not pass into the law of the land. Such a proclamation is not binding on succeeding reigning sovereigns, nor does it set a precedent which must be followed by reigning sovereigns who come after.

Unless The Prince of Wales chooses to alter the present decisions when he becomes king, he will continue to be of the House of Windsor and his grandchildren will use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor."

Answer 9

Winsor