What is the last name of the royal family?

Question

What is the last name of the royal family?

Answer 1

Whilst the public have been led to believe that the current royal family of Great Britain changed its name to 'Windsor' during World War I, in fact documents held in extreme security in the Tower of London make it clear that the family name was changed from 'Saxe-Coburg & Gotha' to 'Gott'.

Answer 2

Which one?

Answer 3

Windsor, I believe.

"But the royal family does have a last name, and they do use it from time to time. This wasn't always the case. Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, was a member of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, so her descendants were part of that dynasty. This, however, was not the family's last name. They didn't have one, because they didn't need one, so they didn't worry about it. Experts later worried about it for them and decided their name was probably "Witten" (or maybe even Wipper).

The royal family's official name, or lack thereof, became a problem during World War I, when people began to mutter that Saxe-Coburg-Gotha sounded far too German. King George V and his family needed a new, English-sounding name. After considering every possible name, from Plantagenet to Tudor-Stuart to simply England, the king and his advisors chose the name Windsor.

To this day, the British royal family is known as the House of Windsor. When Princess Elizabeth (the current queen) served as a subaltern in the Auxiliary Territorial Service during World War II, she was called "Elizabeth Windsor." Elizabeth married Prince Philip of Greece, whose family name was Mountbatten, and eventually she decreed that most of her descendants would be called Mountbatten-Windsor. Princess Anne used this name in 1973 when she married Captain Mark Phillips.

However, according to statements made by the queen, it appears that Windsor is still the official family name for any British royal who is styled "Royal Highness." The queen's youngest son, Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, has used the name Edward Windsor professionally. His wife calls herself Sophie Wessex."

Answer 4

It is Windsor.

Answer 5

Assuming you're talking about the Saudi royal family, then it's Al Saud.

Answer 6

Windsor since 1917.

Answer 7

Is Windsor, but the prince Charles,William and Harry are Windsor-Mountbatten.

Answer 8

Mountbatten_Windsor

Answer 9

The last name of the British royal family is Windsor.

Answer 10

royalitee

Answer 11

Windsor

Answer 12

The UK Royal Family's last name is Windsor since 1917 and after the famous castle. Before 1917 the Royal Family had no last name and they were just named after the Royal House they belonged to, the las one was Saxe-Coburg-Gotha but King George V replaced the German-sounding title with that of Windsor during the First World War, becoming the legal last name of the Royal Family.