What is Prince Harry's surname?

Question

Why are the English royals referred to as Queen Victoria, Prince Philip, and Prince Charles and not their surname?

Isn't it proper to address someone you don't know by their last name especially if they are of Royal Blood.

I understnad they have a prefix of III or VI or whatever for their generation why not a surname too?

Also why is the 10 downing street door black and not painted white or red or something?

Answer 1

The Royal family surname was originally "Hanover", but about the time of WW1 they anglicised it to "Windsor."

Harry  is known in the Army as "Wales" not "Windsor."

The reason for Number ten's door being black is traditional I think.

Answer 2

The official surname that the descendants of Elizabeth II is "Mountbatten-Windsor." The Queen's real surname was "Wettin", a branch of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line of the House of Wettin. However, high anti-German feeling among the people during World War I prompted the Royal Family to abandon all titles held under the German crown and to change German-sounding titles and house names for English-sounding versions. Therefore, The Queen's surname became "Windsor", and The House of Windsor is the current Royal House of the United Kingdom and each of the other Commonwealth realms.

Mountbatten is the surname of Prince Philip, which is also an English version of the German name Battenberg. Therefore, in honour of him, his children may choose to use the surname "Mountbatten-Windsor", and Prince Charles may want to establish the first "House of Mountbatten-Windsor" as the official ruling house when he is King. However, the younger generation like Prince William and Princess Beatrice prefer to use their territorial title in place of their surname. For example, Prince William was registered as William Wales in college, and Princess Beatrice was registered as Beatrice York in college.

The following people have made use of, in current practice, or have made use of, the surname Mountbatten-Windsor. They are listed in the order of succession to the Crown.

- Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall

- Prince William of Wales

- Prince Henry of Wales

- Prince Andrew, Duke of York

- Princess Beatrice of York

- Princess Eugenie of York

- Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and his wife, Sophie, Countess of Wessex

- Lady Louise Windsor (simply styled with the name Windsor)

- James Windsor, Viscount Severn (styled Viscount Severn)

- Princess Anne, Princess Royal (until her marriage with Mark Phillips in 1973 (divorced 1992) when she assumed his surname; her surname has subsequently changed again on the occasion of her marriage with Timothy Laurence in 1992)

For more info visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountbatten...

Note: The 10 downing street's door, the small, six-panelled door is made of black oak, and the house has been painted black so it is unaffected by any pollution or graffitti, and also so it cannot be seen at night.

Answer 3

Windsor they change it to that because of prince phililips german surname i believe.

Answer 4

Wales!

Answer 5

Wales.

Answer 6

HEWITT!!!!!!!!

Answer 7

mountbatton-windsor or wales (army)

or if you cant be arsed checking out the links ive provided, scroll down to Rachelle's answer which is a cut and paste of the link below.

knock urselves out

Answer 8

I think it's POTTER.

And the door of 10 Downing Street is black, because it got burnt when Churchill dropped his cigar their once

Answer 9

Its Wales. Both Harry and William use that surname as their father is the Prince of Wales.

Answer 10

they are the windsors cant stand the royal family non of them .

number 10s door is probably black due to the fact that its had so much s*** thrown over it lol

Answer 11

The 'house of Windsor' sits on the throne at the moment. However technically his surname would be Mountbatten (sp?) (or it would be if he wasn't royal)

The prefix of II, III etc is NOT a generation thing. It is to do with the number of monarchs that have had the same name. i.e. Queen Elizabeth II is called this because we have already had one Queen called Elizabeth in the 16th Century. (Elizabeth I  1558 - 1603). The Queen mum does not count on the list as she was only a Queen consort i.e. married to King George VI.

Royalty should be addressed as 'your royal highness' the first time you address them then either 'sir' or 'ma'am' after that. This only applies if they have the HRH prefix.

Answer 12

I don't like him )))) that's way I don't know)))

Answer 13

Let bygons be bygons. I have a half brother.

Answer 14

prince Harry's last  name is Windsor i think i dint think much of the royal family

Answer 15

I think its Windsor, but It could be Wales.

Answer 16

Most royals do not have surnames and Prince Harry is no exception. His full name is Henry Charles Albert David and he also has the title Prince of the United Kingdom. As a son of the Prince of Wales though he is styled HRH Prince Henry of Wales.

Prince Harry (Harry is a nickname) uses "Wales" as a surname when he needs one but this is not his legal surname as he does not have one. For all of the people who answered Windsor or Mountbatten-Windsor, you are dead wrong. Those names are specifically only for people who are not princes or princesses of the United Kingdom. Harry, being a prince, does not have it as a surname. It doesn't stop people from incorrectly saying it is their surname though.

It isn't proper to address royals by surnames which they don't have. They have usually always had titles which is why they have never needed surnames.

Answer 17

Battenburg, just like his father!

Answer 18

Windsor

Answer 19

Windsor.

Answer 20

Wales, not - as many think, Windsor!

Answer 21

Windsor

The rest is tradition old bean!

Answer 22

most of us just call him Harry the *****r!

Answer 23

Windsor.

Mountbatten-Windsor is the personal surname of some of the descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh under an ambiguously-worded Order-in-Council issued in 1960.

It differs from the official name of the British Royal Family or Royal House, which remains Windsor. The adoption of this surname does not apply to members of the Royal Family who are not descended from The Queen. The Order specifically applies the surname to those descendants of the Queen not holding Royal styles and titles but it has been applied to or informally used by members of the Royal Family descended from Queen Elizabeth II as their surname, as shown at the marriages of the Duke of York and the Princess Royal, both having been registered with Mountbatten-Windsor in their entries in the marriage registers.

Traditionally Black

Answer 24

The Royal Familly do not use a Sirname but the Queen & Prince Philip would use the name Windsor, Harry,William and Charles would be called Wales.  Whatever the correct way of addressing them would be your Highness.  Please remember this when you go to the palace for cucumber sandwiches.

Answer 25

As a prince, he does not need a surname (which would be Mountbatten-Windsor, if needed). Like his brother William, however, Harry often uses "Wales" in place of a surname when required.

as they felt that a surname was too formal, as their first name is more social, and shows that you adress them more like your neighbours and relatives rather than an officail figure

the door is painted black through tradition...

in the late 1980's William Gladstone painted it black, and it has been like that ever since..

he felt that black was more official and seemed more serious than white or red..

hope this has helped...

peeled_onion

Answer 26

because it easier! can you imagine if in history at school/college etc you had to remember every royal past's secound third four etc.. names!

also  I once heard the walls of Downing Street are painted black because it used to be covered in soot from London's smog. Since the Clean Air Act, the soot started to wash off and by this point the black walls were kind of iconic, a trademark if you will. So they painted it black

Answer 27

windors its the surname for the royals.

Answer 28

Harry is known in the Army as "Wales" not "Windsor."

Answer 29

Titled Royals DO NOT have surnames!! They have ROYAL HOUSE NAMES.Harry's family uses WALES,because his father is the Prince of Wales. The entire family is from the ROYAL HOUSE of WINDSOR. But each branch use its title: Andrew uses YORK,he is DUKE of YORK;Edward uses WESSEX,because he is Ealr of Wessex. Any untitled  non-royal family member uses Mountbatten-Windsor.Princess Anne's children use their father's name of Phillips,while the Duke of Kent's children used the Windsor name.You have to lok at each branch of the family to see what they use and if they are using a commoner-husband's name as well!

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

"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 30

The last name of the English royal family is Windsor.

Answer 31

You've asked 3 questions in 1!!

Harry is definitely James Hewitt's son - if William dies then it will be the end of the Windsor bloodline on the throne which is why they sent Harry to Afghanistan hoping he'd get wiped out!

Not sure about the door - it would be good if they painted it green or got a UPVC one fitted!