I have always wanted to know what the royal families last name is.
2006-09-14 09:02:54 · 16 answers · asked by torirowe 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
The actual last name of the Royal Family of England is Mountbatten-Windsor . The Germanic roots are very real from Prince Philip whose surnames are Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. By law they had to retain the Mountbatten, however the Queen, Elizabeth II, decreed that the ruling Family would be strictly Windsor. This came about due to anit-Germanic feelings from WW I & II.
2006-09-14 09:10:19 · answer #1 · answered by raiderking69 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yeah, if you're talking about the British Royal Family (because MANY countries have royalty, even if they've gone democratic), they often go by Windsor, but I don't know if that is an official last name, or if they go by it just to make things easier.
2006-09-14 16:06:28 · answer #2 · answered by concretebrunette 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the UK it is presently Windsor. They have had other royal family lines rule them like Stuart and Tudor. The Russian royal line is Romanov but is not obviously in power. The House of Rimaldi rules Monaco and this is all I know but if you go to the countries that have royal families websites it should say
2006-09-14 16:07:53 · answer #3 · answered by katlvr125 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Geez Louise, this question is asked every single week. The official and personal name of the Queen and her cousins (the Kents and Gloucesters) is Windsor. The personal surname of her children and grandchildren has been Mountbatten-Windsor since 1960, but the official name of the family remains Windsor, and will remain so after Charles succeeds to the throne.
2006-09-15 05:31:30 · answer #4 · answered by Dunrobin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the English Royal Family's surname is Mountbatten-Windsor
2006-09-14 21:35:12 · answer #5 · answered by elvenlike13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Queen of Englands last name SHOULD be Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (all German Duchy's) but in 1914 the Royal family changed it to SOMETHING MORE BRITISH so they took the name Windsor from Windsor Castle.
During WW1 England was fighting Germany (the King of England was fighting Kaiser (Ceaser) Wilhelm's forces. The King and the Kaiser were 1st cousins and the "people behind the throne" wanted to distance the Royal's from their German cousins.
2006-09-14 16:08:40 · answer #6 · answered by AdamKadmon 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Queen of England should have become Elizabeth Mountbatten when she married Philip, but she kept the name Windsor.
2006-09-14 16:12:24 · answer #7 · answered by Philip W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Windsor
2006-09-14 16:03:46 · answer #8 · answered by Sydney 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England?Windsor.
2006-09-14 16:04:50 · answer #9 · answered by MaryBeth 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Windsor. Originally it was Saxe-Coburg Gotha but was legally changed before world war I as a sop to public opinion because it was German. When Charles suceeds it will be mountbatten.
2006-09-14 18:28:12 · answer #10 · answered by malcy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋