What is the last name of the royal family in England ?

Question

What is the last name of the royal family in England ?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Windsor wins again!

best of luck to you!

Answer 3

windsor

Answer 4

I believe its Windsor.

Answer 5

saxe -coburg -gotha originally then changed to windsor

Answer 6

Royals use Royal House Names. The current monarch is of The Royal House of Windsor.

Royals don't use surnames,but their title names.Prince Charles' family uses Wales since he is the Prince of Wales.His brother,Andrew uses York,and his other brother Edward,uses Wessex astheir title names.Anne,the Princess Royal's children are not royal or titled and use their father's name of Phillips.

Any non-titled descendant of the Queen's can use the surname of Mountbatten-Windsor:

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

"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."

The name change frome Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor happened right after London was bombed by 24 twin-engined GOTHA warplanes.The very British King George V was quite offended by his German cousin's actions and changed his last name to a more British moniker,standing in solidarity with his peoples'  anti-German sentiments.

Philip's Royal House name was originally

Schlesweig-Holstein-

Sonderburgh-Glucksburg.

When he became a naturalised British citizen,he took the name Mountbatten,the name his British-based cousins had adopted.

Answer 7

The royal family of England is of the House of Windsor. Originally and tecnically it is still the House of Hanover (from Germany) but was changed with the advent of WW I. George I although king of England did not speak English.

Answer 8

I fink it's Smif.

Answer 9

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...