I just never heard them use one for them, do they have one?
2007-03-07 07:03:53 · 11 answers · asked by ThatGirl6 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
the royal family does have a last name, and they do use it from time to time. This wasn't always the case. Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, was a member of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, so her descendants were part of that dynasty. This, however, was not the family's last name. They didn't have one, because they didn't need one, so they didn't worry about it. Experts later worried about it for them and decided their name was probably "Witten" (or maybe even Wipper).
The royal family's official name, or lack thereof, became a problem during World War I, when people began to mutter that Saxe-Coburg-Gotha sounded far too German. King George V and his family needed a new, English-sounding name. After considering every possible name, from Plantagenet to Tudor-Stuart to simply England, the king and his advisors chose the name Windsor.
2007-03-07 07:10:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The British royal family is Absolutely 100% Windsor. It was actually something German, before WW2 as there is a strong German link in the royal family. However their former name was anglocised because they wanted to distance themselves from the Germans actions. I do like the first answer though (Leach haha)
2007-03-07 07:33:54 · answer #2 · answered by puddleduck 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Queen's last name is Windsor but her children's last name is Mountbatten-Windsor to reflect Prince Philip's last name
2007-03-07 13:00:30 · answer #3 · answered by reeg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Queen's descendents will be known as Mountbatten - Windsor.
2007-03-07 07:12:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which royal family are you talking about?
2007-03-07 07:26:40 · answer #5 · answered by rosbif 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the surname of the royal family is,Windsor
2007-03-07 07:32:59 · answer #6 · answered by TOM 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hmmm.. so much inbreeding throughout and rumours of extra marital affairs, I guess one will never truly know.
Could one of them be a Hewitt? I guess bast*rds would be appropriate.
2007-03-07 09:46:58 · answer #7 · answered by Devil's Advocate 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it is Windsor
2007-03-07 07:09:33 · answer #8 · answered by bradhurt2003 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is Windsor.
It was changed from Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha and also Wettin
2007-03-07 07:09:34 · answer #9 · answered by nycguy10002 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Leach!!
2007-03-07 07:08:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋