Whats the english Royal familys last name ??

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Whats the english Royal familys last name ??

Answer 1

Queen Elizabeth's surname is Windsor, the English sounding version of "Wettin", a branch of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line of the House of Wettin. 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-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.

Answer 2

Mountbatten-Windsor  is their surname , but it is not needed. They would use Wales in place of their surname when it is required.

Answer 3

We are currently under the rein of The Royal House of Windsor. Titled royals do not use surnames but their royal title names. An example of this is that Charles,Prince of Wales' family can use Wales,Andrew,Duke of York's family uses York.Any descendant(without a title usually) of the Queen's who needs a surname may use Mountbatten-Windsor.

The names Of WIndsor and Mountbatten were changed from more German-sounding surnames during World War I,to assuage any anti-German feelings.

Windsor was originally Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.Mountbatten was first changed to Battenberg,then to Mountbatten,but it was first the Danish Royal House of Schlessweig-Holstein-

Sonderburg-Glucksburg.

Here's the sotry from http://www.royal.gov/uk/output/Page5657....

"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 4

Mountbatten-Windsor

Answer 5

I'll go out on a limb with a Corgi dangling from my arm and say "Smith".

Answer 6

Everybody is right but there are a few little qwirks in the logic.  The official by decree name of the house  and family is Windsor, for those who are styled royal highness, and for the non-royal dedendants it is Mountbatten-windsor.  The Queen and her children have decided to us Mountbatten-Windsor(not windsor-mountbatten) out of respect for Prince Phillip.  As for Wills and Harry using Wales as there last name, is only tradition, its not really there last name.  The name Windsor is not  and anglicization of Wettin, they took it from Windsor Castle which was built in the 1350s

Answer 7

Ha Ha they didn't like the fact that queen Victoria herself had a German accent.

Mount batten used to be Battenberg.

Ve haf vays to make you talk ha ha

Answer 8

Everyone who answered so far is wrong. The (British, not English) Royal Family does not have a surname, they have a house name. That house name is Windsor. All a house name does is identify a dynasty, much like a surname but it is not the same thing at all.

The only people related to the Royal Family with the surname Windsor are male-line descendants who are not Royal Highnesses or princes and princesses.

If "Windsor", or even Mountbatten-Windsor, was the Royal Family's surname, we wouldn't have William and Henry passing off "Wales" as a fill in name nor would be have Beatrice and Eugenie using "York" in school. They simply don't have real surnames. People don't have to have surnames, but most don't understand that since surnames are *almost* universal now.

Answer 9

windsor

Answer 10

Windsor, hence the Castle is called Windsor Castle! lol

Answer 11

Windsor, changed from Saxe-Coburg during the war because it was too German-sounding.

I don't know why they chose Windsor.

Answer 12

Windsor.