2006-08-12 22:24:28 · 23 answers · asked by sagittarius 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
Some of these answers are slightly inaccurate. Their name had been Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and it was changed to Windsor in 1917 during WW1. The royal family name was never Mountbatten or Battenberg - the Mountbattens were cousins. Prince Philip and his uncle Earl Mountbattern tried to get the family name hyphenated, but failed until after the 1960 birth of Prince Edward when a clever but meddlesome lawyer said that having his mother's name only gave Edward 'the badge of bastardy' and a bishop weighed in on the issue.
The change applied to Elizabeth and Philip's children, but not her royal relatives. This is a personal name and not an official one, which remains Windsor. There is a distinction between the name of the Royal House and the family. They do not use surnames even when in school, the navy or when signing marriage registers. At Eton and Sandhurst William and Harry call themselves William and Harry Wales.
2006-08-13 21:28:59 · answer #1 · answered by Dunrobin 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In 1917 an artifical English last name (Windsor) was chosen due to the anti-German riots in London. The British royal family was basically 100% German and their surname was Saxe-Coburg-Gatha. Prince Louis Battenberg, a German prince headed the English navy and had to resign. His son Anglicised the surname to MountBatten, Mount = Berg in English.
As such last names are immaterial to royalty
2006-08-13 22:23:25 · answer #2 · answered by raininrio 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mountbatten-Windsor.
Technically it's the House of Windsor,
since the Queen is the reigning monarch.Phillip's name was added on at the time of Andrew's birth,his family being Mountbatten(changed from the more Germanic sounding Battenberg during World War I).Windsor was changed from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
2006-08-13 14:19:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Windsor
2006-08-14 12:08:31 · answer #4 · answered by queenoftheworld 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The family name is Windsor. No hyphenated anythings, just plain old Windsor.
It used to be Battenburg, but they changed that to Mountbatten, (which means the same thing) because Battenburg sounded too Germanic.
Then, during the war, they decided Mountbatten sounded too Germanic too, so they changed it to Windsor. And that's where it remains.
2006-08-14 00:42:33 · answer #5 · answered by old lady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whatever their title.
HRH The Earl of Wessex (Prince Edward's) name would be Edward Wessex.
HRH The Prince of Wales (Prince Charles') name would be Charles Wales and his sons William Wales and Harry Wales.
HRH Prince Andrew is the Duke of York so his name is Andrew York.
HM The Queen's last name is Mountbatten-Windsor.
2006-08-13 05:28:24 · answer #6 · answered by anthrotistic 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Windsor. Prince Philip's is Mountbatten.
2006-08-13 05:30:08 · answer #7 · answered by Lydia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the last name of the british royal family is windsor.......
2006-08-13 05:30:50 · answer #8 · answered by taryn3piper 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They have had several surnames in the last 100 years to try to disguise their german origins - the latest is Mountbatten- Windsor
2006-08-13 10:42:18 · answer #9 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Windsor.
2006-08-13 07:44:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋