What is Queen Elizabeth's last name?

Answer 1

Windsor.

Answer 2

She is a Windsor (although her husband Prince Philip´s last name is Mountbatten, but he does not use that either, he is the Duke of Edinburg. The queen never uses her last name. She is Queen Elisabeth II.

Answer 3

Windsor. Royalty does not use last names, however if her children must sign a formal document, they use Mountbatten - Windsor, after the Duke of Edinburgh and the Queen.

Her children all belong to the House of Windsor. Their children are customarily called after their father's title to distinguish which branch they belong to. So Prince William of Wales and Prince Harry of Wales are so called because they are the sons of the Prince of Wales.

Princess Beatrice of York is the daughter of the Duke of York, etc.

Answer 4

The "house" name of the British monarchs usually follows the surname of the father. Queen Victoria, for example, was of the house of Hanover. George I was the first of the Hanoverian line, and he was followed by male descendants until Victoria. She married Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which became the house name until it was changed during World War I (even though the British King and the German Kaiser were first cousins).
When Elizabeth (of Windsor) married Philip Mountbatten (her third cousin and also a descendant of Victoria), the name of their offspring would normally be Mountbatten (also changed during World War I, from Battenberg). The Queen decided, though, that her children's surname would be Mountbatten-Windsor, and what the monarch says is what's official.
However, her youngest son uses the name Edward Windsor
in everyday life (it's what's on his business card).

Answer 5

Windsor

Answer 6

Windsor

Answer 7

The Queen is from the Royal House of Windsor.The name Windsor was originally Saxe-Coburg-Gotha,but was changed July17,1917,ten days after twenty-four twin-engined German Gotha bombers attacked London killing 44 people and injuring 125.The people were not amused and rioted. George V wisely decided to appease anti-German feelings stirred up by the first Wolrd War by changing the family name to Windsor.
From Buckingham Palace's website:
"People often ask whether members of the Royal Family have a surname, and, if so, what it is.

The situation of members of the Royal Family is more complex than for most people, as they can be known both by the name of the Royal house, and by a surname, which are not always the same.

Before 1917, members of the British Royal Family had no surname, but only the name of the house or dynasty to which they belonged.

Kings and princes were historically known by the names of the countries over which they and their families ruled. Kings and queens therefore signed themselves by their first names only, a tradition in the United Kingdom which has continued to the present day.

The names of dynasties tended to change when the line of succession was taken by a rival faction within the family (for example, Henry IV and the Lancastrians, Edward IV and the Yorkists, Henry VII and the Tudors), or when succession passed to a different family branch through females (for example, Henry II and the Angevins, James I and the Stuarts, George I and the Hanoverians).

Just as children can take their surnames from their father, so sovereigns normally take the name of their 'House' from their father. For this reason, Queen Victoria's eldest son Edward VII belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (the family name of his father Prince Albert). Edward VII's son George V became the second king of that dynasty when he succeeded to the throne in 1910.

In 1917, there was a radical change, when George V specifically adopted Windsor, not only as the name of the 'House' or dynasty, but also as the surname of his family. The family name was changed as a result of anti-German feeling during the First World War, and the name Windsor was adopted after the Castle of the same name.

At a meeting of the Privy Council on 17 July 1917, George V declared that 'all descendants in the male line of Queen Victoria, who are subjects of these realms, other than female descendants who marry or who have married, shall bear the name of Windsor'.

The Royal Family name of Windsor was confirmed by The Queen after her accession in 1952. However, in 1960, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh decided that they would like their own 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 George V.

It was therefore declared in the Privy Council 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.

This reflected Prince Philip's surname. In 1947, when Prince Philip of Greece became naturalised, he assumed the name of Philip Mountbatten as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.

The effect of the declaration was that all The Queen's children, on occasions when they needed a surname, would have the surname Mountbatten-Windsor.

For the most part, members of the Royal Family who are entitled to the style and dignity of HRH Prince or Princess do not need a surname, but if at any time any of them do need a surname (such as upon marriage), that surname is Mountbatten-Windsor.

The surname Mountbatten-Windsor first appeared on an official document on 14 November 1973, in the marriage register at Westminster Abbey for the marriage of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips.

A proclamation on the Royal Family name by the reigning monarch is not statutory; unlike an Act of Parliament, it does not pass into the law of the land. Such a proclamation is not binding on succeeding reigning sovereigns, nor does it set a precedent which must be followed by reigning sovereigns who come after.

Unless The Prince of Wales chooses to alter the present decisions when he becomes king, he will continue to be of the House of Windsor and his grandchildren will use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor."

Answer 8

Queen Elizabeth II was a Windsor until she married Prince Phillip. Her legal last name is Mountbatten.

Answer 9

Windsor, as in the House of Windsor

Answer 10

To clarify one statement made here, British nobility, while having a surname, often use their title as a surname. Thus the Duke of Norfolk, whose surname is Howard uses the name "Norfolk". The Earl of Cardigan calls himself "Cardigan" rather than the family name "Brudenell". Prince Harry's title is Prince Harry of Wales as his father is the Prince of Wales. In the army he uses the name "Wales" - his title rather than his name.