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I do not mean to be ignorant at all but I would like to know if Queen Elizabeth has a last name. Someone said it maybe Windsor. Dose anyone know the correct title? Just wondering.
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What I have been able to find is as follows:
The British Royal famly changed their last name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor in 1917 due the WW1 breaking out in 1914 and in 1917 anti-German was at it's height. King George V then adopted the name Windsor of the castle.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Windsorbefore his marriage Prince Philip renounced his titles and adopted the surname Mountbatten, the literal translation of the German Battenberg that his maternal grandfather had adopted in 1917. The Mountbatten/Battenberg name refers to Battenberg, a small town in Hesse. On 9 April 1952, Queen Elizabeth II officially declared her "Will and Pleasure that I and My children shall be styled and known as the House and Family of Windsor, and that my descendants who marry and their descendants, shall bear the name of Windsor."[2] On 8 February 1960, the Queen confirmed that she and her children would continue to be known as the House and Family of Windsor, as would any agnatic descendants who enjoy the style of Royal Highness, and the title of Prince or Princess.[2] Still, Elizabeth also decreed that her agnatic descendants who do not have that style and title would bear the surname Mountbatten-Windsor.[2] Any future monarch can change the dynastic name through a similar royal proclamation, as royal proclamations do not have statutory authority. 
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from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II - "Elizabeth gave birth to her first child, Prince Charles, on 14 November 1948, less than one month after letters patent were issued by her father allowing her children to use the style and title of a royal prince or princess. They otherwise would not have been entitled to such a status as their father was no longer a royal prince. ... With Elizabeth's accession it seemed likely that the royal house would bear her husband's name. Lord Mountbatten thought it would be the House of Mountbatten, as Elizabeth would typically have taken Philip's last name on marriage; however Elizabeth's grandmother Queen Mary and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill favoured the retention of the House of Windsor, and so Windsor it remained. The Duke complained, "I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his own children."[56] After the death of Queen Mary on 24 March 1953 and the resignation of Churchill in 1955, the surname Mountbatten-Windsor was adopted in 1960 for Philip and Elizabeth's male-line descendants who do not carry royal titles." |
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Wow thanks everyone, the next time I will know the answer to that question. I bet only 4% of the world population knew that.
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I'll probably upset all of the monarchists in the house... but i'd venture a guess that the other 96% don't really care.  |
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Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and youngest child of the Queen, has used both "Edward Windsor" and "Edward Wessex" in the television documentaries he has narrated and produced. However, neither are technically correct.
"Windsor" may be the name of the House, but it is not intended to be used as a "last name" in the common Western usage. It would be not only improper but extremely rude to call the Queen "Mrs. Windsor". In that sense, neither her nor her children have a "last name". The Queen's full name is "Elizabeth Alexandra Mary".
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Relevant question and great answers given her presence on our coinage.
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United States
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and I believe Princes William and Harry go by "Wales" as their last names in the military. Definitely for William, not sure about Harry. Makes sense since Prince Charles is the Prince of Wales.
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Good Queen Bess.
Not many know her as
Betty Mounbatten!
Prince Philip once said rather jokingly, that he was the only Greek in England that didn't run a fish 'n chip shop!
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Posted 02/07/2012 7:35 pm
