2006-09-12 05:46:28 · 19 answers · asked by stamja 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
The royal family is known as the House of Windsor. This was adopted in 1917, and before that there was no general use of any family name, though strictly they were Saxe-Coburg Gotha after the death of Queen Victoria, and Hanover before that (exactly what family name the House of Hanover had has never really been settled). Under the Tudors and Stuarts the family or house name was more commonly used.
Strictly a member of the Royal Family who is a prince or princess doesn't have a surname, and it is only with the arrival of more distant members of the family without royal titles that the issue arises. In Continental royal families everyone is a prince or princess, in the House of Windsor only the children and grandchildren, and the eldest son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales, are so styled. So we now have people like Lord Nicholas Windsor, son of the Duke of Kent (and a great-grandson of King George V), who use the family name Windsor.
Since 1960 the rule has been that descendants of Queen Elizabeth II shall bear the suurname Mountbatten-Windsor, though the Royal Family remains officially the House of Windsor. This new surname will only appear with the grandchildren (if any, and in the male line) of Prince Harry.
2006-09-12 05:49:33 · answer #1 · answered by Mopar Muscle Gal 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The British Royal Family's family name is Windsor.
2006-09-12 05:48:09 · answer #2 · answered by elysianhunter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They now use the name Windsor, after the historic Windsor Castle, this was used as there is already a Duke of Buckingham, and several infamous ones during history!
2006-09-12 21:08:48 · answer #3 · answered by Breeze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which royal family?
The Saudi's
The Japenese
The Jordanians
The Belgians
come on now, you should know better than to ask that question and not give us which family.
2006-09-12 12:32:40 · answer #4 · answered by evanlah 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Windsor
2006-09-12 08:24:10 · answer #5 · answered by lady_lbrty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windsor
2006-09-12 05:52:28 · answer #6 · answered by Annie R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The British Royal family are called Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Windsor was adopted during WW1.
2006-09-12 05:48:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The British Royal Family last name is Winsor. If I am not mistaken, Queen Elizabeth II is Elizabeth II Montbatten-Windsor. She hyphenated her name to include Prince Philip's name.
2006-09-12 08:16:27 · answer #8 · answered by katlvr125 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, their last name is Windsor.
2006-09-12 11:24:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's Windsor.
2006-09-12 05:58:46 · answer #10 · answered by Cayman_tac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋