The Royal Family of England. Is Windsor their last name or is it something else? If so, then what is it?

Question

Does Queen Elizabeth II take Prince Phillip's last Name?

Answer 1

Actually, the current Royal Family's real name is Battenberg, since Prince Philip is a member of the Battenberg family of Greece. They use the Angicized form of Battenberg, which is Mountbatten. (Berg is German for 'mountain' or 'mount'.)

European Royalty is pretty complicated because of the way they all intermarried in the 1800's. The family's name was changed to Windsor during World War 1 from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, which was Prince Albert's name - he was from the house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in Germany, now a part of Bavaria. Since Britain was at war with Germany, the Royals felt it was unpatriotic to have a German name, so they picked a right-Royal name for themselves, the name of their favourite castle.

Queen Elizabeth doesn't take Prince Philip's name, but Prince Charles does if/when he becomes King. So Prince Charles will be King Charles III of the House of Mountbatten, and the Royal Family will belong to a new 'House', as their surnames are called.

By the way, the last Hanover Royal was Queen Victoria, who died in 1901.

That's right about William and Harry being called Wales. Before becoming a sovereign, a Royal can take the name of their highest title and use that in place of a surname. Prince Edward calls himself merely Edward Wessex, as his title is the Earl of Wessex.

Answer 2

Under an ambiguously-worded Order-in-Council issued in 1960, the name Mountbatten-Windsor is the personal surname of some of the descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. It differs from the official name of the British Royal Family or Royal House, which remains Windsor. The adoption of this surname does not apply to members of the royal family who are not descended from the Queen. The Order specifically applies the surname to those descendants of the Queen not holding Royal styles and titles but in practice it is used by all the British Royal Family descended from Queen Elizabeth II as their surname, as shown at the marriages of the Duke of York and the Princess Royal, when both used Mountbatten-Windsor in their entries in the marriage registers.

Answer 3

Phillip's last name is Mountbatten, but she doesn't carry that name. He made a big stink that the children were going to carry the name Windsor and he felt emasculated because he's be the only man not to pass him name on. So they made Mountbatten-Windsor.

The family dynasty is the House of Windsor, which is made up. They were really the House of Saxe Coburg Gotha, but that was changed during WWI to Windsor by George V, to hide their German ancestry.

Answer 4

She did take his name, Mountbatten, when they wed in 1947 but changed it back to her maiden name of Windsor when she became Queen in 1952. Her children took her name but the royal name was changed in 1960 so that most of their descendants would be Mountbatten-Windsor, though the reigning house will be the House of Windsor and never the House of Mountbatten-Windsor.

However royals are not like other people and their last name is whatever they want it to be. In the armed forces and on marriage certificates they have used different styles. At Sandhurst William and Harry are called William Wales and Harry Wales.

Answer 5

The name Windsor was chosen because Victoria's husband, Albert, was German, and Victoria also had German heritage, and the English were angry about that. So they chose the name of the castle.

The last name would be the royal one, but they play it by ear anyway. They may have made an exception for Victoria if Albert had not been German.

The way royalty works, you're not supposed to need a last name, you just go by your title. Some writers refer to Charles & Camilla as "The Waleses"

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Answer 6

Elizabeth's last name is Windsor. Her children are Mountbatten-Windsor (which incorporates Phillip's last name), so that will be the family name when Charles becomes king.

Answer 7

Tony; The Roal Family (is of) Brittain,
-not (just) England: (little more than a large province).

As Queen Elizabeth the First, died a Virgin/childless
(after defeating the wretched Catholic Invasion
-in the form of the 'Spanish' Armada): Admiral Howard's "Men-O'-War"
-absolutely blasting them OUT of the water;
-scattering them toward Scotland, -and.. Oblivion..

After a while, we virtually had to "chase-up" her German cousins,
-and "import them: "The Coburg-Hesses of-Saxony".
The Elder OF this house: Elizabeth's elder cousin
was known as : "Battenburgh-of-Hesse";
later 'Anglisised' to: Lord "Mount-Batten"
-(or, perhaps: "Mountbattern")..

-He was murdered by the detestable Irish Republican Army.
He was a War Hero: one who DROVE the Japanese Imperial Army
-right-out of Burma!

The "Windsors" -have quite strong Spanish Connections.. (and I mean Andalus/Jordanian/Arabian metizo-connections)..

P.S: Attempt to rent the "Charlton Heston" DVD/video: "el Cid";
-IF.. you pay close attention TO "Charmaigne"..
-played [very lovely] by Sophia Loren.. you shall glean
many insights into 'The Connection'.. . . -and other secrets. .
to which I allude. (Elizabeth, fears NO Moslem Terror:
Her Royal Highness, 'E-R' is..
directly-related, 'way BACK -TO the Arabian Royalty:

AND.. Mohomad, -Himself.!).
. . . . . .
Allah Eekbah! -(a surprise, for you!)

Answer 8

Their real last name is Hanover. They dropped that name and adopted the name Windsor in the face of anti-German sentiment during WWI

Answer 9

Windor is the last name, and Philip takes the royals' last name.