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2006-08-01 00:32:57 · 12 answers · asked by jen 1 in Society & Culture Royalty

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Name at birth: William Arthur Philip Louis Windsor...William
Name at birth: Henry Charles Albert David Windsor...Harry

2006-08-01 00:36:59 · answer #1 · answered by Jessi 7 · 0 0

Their last names are merely Windsor, not Mountbatten-Windsor.
Here's my answer, copied and pasted, from another one of these questions. This question is asked at least 4 times a month. You should try finding the answer before you ask the question. There's lots of answers already here, I swear!!

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Technically, his last name is Windsor, plain and simple.
TO make a verrrrrrrrry long story short, a king quite a few decades ago changed the family name to Windsor (like the castle that's been around forever) to make it sound more English.
The current Queen, in the early 1960's, made a declaration saying that all of her male-line descendants EXCEPT for those who carry the title "Royal Highness," as all her children do. So therefore, HRH Prince William of Wales would be known in the real world as William Windsor.

Here's what the official royal website has to say:
"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. In 1947, when Prince Philip of Greece took the Oath of Allegiance, he became naturalised, and assumed the name of Philip Mountbatten as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.

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.

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."

Though I must say that the person who said his last name is Wales was not far off. Most of the Queen's grandchildren have gone to school and lived under the names of their "houses", Wales, York, Wessex, etc. These children growing up in the royal family today are experiencing life like no other royals EVER have in the history of royalty. They are experiencing what it is like to live outside the royal circle by attending schools rather than being taught and raised by palace nannies. They even hold down regular jobs and have been marrying outside royal circles for the past couple of decades. So in order to not bring as much attention to themselves, they have the right to use their parents' houses' names. For example, Andrew, the Duke of York's two daughters Beatrice and Eugenie both go by York as their last name. I think Diana began this tradition (as it has become) with the first children to be raised outside of royal households.

2006-08-01 17:49:32 · answer #2 · answered by soozn79 3 · 0 0

Mountbatten-Windsor. All descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip have the surname Mountbatten-Windsor. The Queen's surname is just Windsor - as is the Royal House (House of Windsor).

2006-08-01 00:39:05 · answer #3 · answered by sashmead2001 5 · 0 0

Prince William's and Harry's last name is Mountbatten-Windsor, a combination of Queen Elizabeth II's (their paternal grandmother) and the Duke of Edinburgh's (their paternal grandfather) surname. Though their father's (the Prince of Wales) surname was originally Windsor, he took the name Mountbatten-Windsor to honor his father. They are officially of the House of Windsor, though they are, in fact, through their grandfather, of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. This was changed through an Order-In-Council by Queen Elizabeth II.

2006-08-01 05:17:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Windsor

2006-08-01 02:53:42 · answer #5 · answered by samanthajanecaroline 6 · 0 0

Mountbatten-Windsor for his father Prince Charles, and Spencer for his Mother Diana Spencer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Charles

2006-08-01 02:53:32 · answer #6 · answered by pelancha 6 · 0 0

Windsor

2006-08-01 02:35:58 · answer #7 · answered by Chi_Indy 4 · 0 0

Windsor.

2006-08-01 00:38:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Windsor used to be Hanover but changed at time of first world war because it was german

2006-08-01 01:13:51 · answer #9 · answered by treboroni 2 · 0 0

Dianna's name was Spencer. Charles' name is Windsor.

The son's surnames are Windsor.

2006-08-01 00:41:05 · answer #10 · answered by me 7 · 0 0

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