Queen Elizabeth II's last name?

Question

You always here people saying Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles... so on and so forth... but do they have a last name like Jones or Smith. Or maybe its of Wales. Do not answer that this is a stupid question.

Answer 1

Did you know that the British royal family changed their surname (last name) in 1917?"

Yes, it's true, the British royal family changed their last name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor in 1917. The reason? World War One broke out in 1914 and anit-German sentiment was at its height in 1917. In protest, King George V renounced all the German titles belonging to him and his family and adopted the name of his castle, Windsor.

Here's a look at the proclamation:

"from the date of this Our Royal Proclamation Our House and Family shall be styled and known as the House and Family of Windsor, and that all the descendants in the male line of Our said Grandmother Queen Victoria who are subjects of these Realms, other than female descendants who may marry or may have married, shall bear the said Name of Windsor "


We headed back to the search results and found the British Monarchy's official web site, which explained the history of the family's surname in a bit more detail.
The Royal family name of Windsor was confirmed by Queen Elizabeth II after her accession in 1952. However, in 1960, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh decided they wanted their 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 King George V.

Soon thereafter, it was declared 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 naturalized, and assumed the name of Philip Mountbatten as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.)


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Answer 2

Queen Elizabeth Ii Full Name

Answer 3

Queen Elizabeth Last Name

Answer 4

Her last name was Mountbatten from her marriage in 1947 until 1952. Once she became Queen, Churchill insisted she change it back to Windsor. After the birth of Prince Andrew a bishop preached a sermon complaining that only illegitimate children used their mother's surnames and a prince deserved better, and a 1960 decree stated that the names of their grandchildren was to become Mountbatten-Windsor, incorporating Philip's with hers.

But the fact is they rarely use them, and call themselves what they want. William and Harry are called 'Wales' at Sandhurst, and when she married, Princess Anne called herself 'Anne Mountbatten-Windsor' even though this name was only meant to apply to Elizabeth and Philip's grandchildren.

Answer 5

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Queen Elizabeth II's last name?
You always here people saying Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles... so on and so forth... but do they have a last name like Jones or Smith. Or maybe its of Wales. Do not answer that this is a stupid question.

Answer 6

Elizabeth Alexandra Mary of the House of Windsor.

The Queen has no last name.
As a child she was known as Princess Elizabeth of York.
Upon marriage she became known as The Princess Elizabeth of Great Britian, the Duchess of Edingburg.
Upon her assumption fo the throne she become known as:
Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II, House of Windsor.

The Queen does not have a passport, as a passport is the soverigns attestment that that person is who they say they are, Her subject. Hence, all she has to do is say who she is.

Answer 7

Mountbatten-Windsor. Anti-German sentiment forced the family to change their name during WWI from Battenberg to Mountbatten; King George V's immediate family adopted Windsor (yes, after the castle). When Princess Elizabeth married Prince Phillip, she became a Mountbatten, until she was crowned Queen, when she reverted to (though never used) Windsor. Around 1960 or so the family formally adopted Mountbatten-Windsor.

Answer 8

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Royalty does not have surnames, only the name of their house. Elizabeth Windsor is not correct, but you can say Elizabeth, The Queen from the House of Windsor. When she was a teenager in the war and served in the corp, she was called "Second Subaltern Elizabeth Windsor" but that was only to satisfy the requirements of the military to give her a surname. --------- Before Queen Victoria there was no sovereign queen (Mary I, Elizabeth, Mary II, Anne) who had children. So when Victoria had children, her son would inherit the household name of the father (just as we inherit our surname from our father). --------- Queen Victoria knew that passing on the name of a minor German Duchy to her son would be a problem. She had her college of heralds research Albert's family to find its roots. The oldest name they could find from the 9th century was the "House of Wettin". Wettin is the name of an old castle (destroyed centuries ago) and a town in the Saxon region of Germany near the border with Czechoslovakia. --------- The feeling was that the "House of Wettin" would conjure feelings of the shared Saxon heritage of the English part of Britain, and of Germany. Unfortunately, the idea never took hold, and the royal family name became the "House of Saxe-Coburg, and Gotha", which is a minor branch of the House of Wettin. --------- In March of 1917, the Germans developed a heavy bomber known as "The Gotha" which became a household name as it dropped bombs on the civilian areas of London. The political problems of the royal family were becoming so bad, that there was a real possibility that the British people would abolish the monarchy. As recently as 1913, the British King was riding with his cousin, the German emperor and photographed. The photograph was widely circulated. --------- Royalty was also in real trouble in Germany. The Duchy of Saxe - Coburg - Gotha would be abolished in a few years in Germany anyway along with the entire peerage system. --------- The king organized a massive changes in names of many of his relatives. Two princesses lost their German titles, and several other family members changed their name. Most famous would be the Battenbergs who anglicized their names to Mountbatten (Battenhill would be a more literal translation but sounded less dignified). --------- King George V thought about assuming the name that Victoria wanted, "House of Wettin", but he felt that a more British name was needed. His secretary suggested that he use the name of the old castle and the House of Windsor was born. It only applied to him and his six unmarried children. There was no change in the laws governing the line of succession. At the time the line was almost a thousand people long and included the German Emperor and the Russian Tsar and many other Germans. --------- When Queen Elizabeth became engaged to her 2nd cousin, once removed, he was a Prince and without a surname. He renounced his Greek and Danish titles and adopted the surname from his mother's side of the family, Mountbatten. Once Elizabeth became queen, she announced that the royal family would continue to be called the "House of Windsor" after her death. Technically, Charles could change that policy when he becomes king, but it is extremely unlikely.

Answer 9

Its Windsor,since 1940's.

Answer 10

Betty Windsor.