royal family

[fly258]

what are the surnames of the Queen and Prince Phillip and Prince William

[leandrews]

I'm sure it's Windsor

[Sammy Snake]

I thought it was Windsor as well although when William graduated the other week, he was referred to as William Wales.

[fly258]

thats what I thought . but Phillip is Greek so that can't be his surname

[netibiza]

Their adopted name is Windsor.  The queen's was saxby-(something) of Hanover and Phil is Mountbatten

[kev100]

There name was Saxe Coburg Gotha someone suggested that if they changed it to the Windsors of Berkshire it might sound a bit less German.

[mystress]

Just to add fuel to the fire(so to speak):~

Queen surname ~ Windsor (Royal Family at time of Edward VII,in WW1,changed to Windsor from Saxe Coburg Gotha).Technically of course she should have taken her Husband's surname!

Prince Phillip surname Mountbatten (taken from Uncle Lord Mountbatten) his (Phillip's) Father was an Oldenburg.(Greek/Danish descent)

Prince Charles ~ Mountbatten ~ Windsor (as of order in Council 1960) previously only Windsor

Princess Anne ~ Mountbatten ~ Windsor (as above)previously only Windsor.

Prince Andrew ~ Mountbatten  (as above)

Prince Edward ~ Mountbatten (as above)

It stated in the same order in Council,that any children of Male Heirs of The Queen would be solely Mountbatten also.

This means William,Harry and the children of Andrew and Edward are solely Mountbatten.William is known as William Wales as a courtesy title,to indicate who's son he is.

The Queen insituted this order in council in 1960 on the birth of her 3rd Child (Andrew). When her first two children were born her Father (George VI) was still alive, and it seems she did not wish to upset him by calling her children Mountbatten.

So sorry if this is a bit complicated!

[fly258]

thankyou very much for this answer  Mistress,it has settled a lot of dispute. why cant they just do things the wayeverybody else does

[jno]

fly, the short answer is that they're not like everybody else. The long answer, though, is that they are subject to the same laws as the rest of us. All the things they've done with their names can be done by anyone. If you want to change your name to Windsor, or anything else, you can (provided you're not doing it to deceive). Women don't have to take their husband's name. Go ahead, change your username to butterfly...

[Xollob]

...and the name Mountbatten was also changed from Battenberg due to anti-German feelings in the First World War. Mr Kipling, however, remained firm and refused to bake exceedingly good Mini Mountbattens.

[Loosehead]

Anyone can call themselves any name they like, "Wales" as a suffix is simply in line with what lord's often do, ie name themselves after a place. There is nothing stopping you calling yourself after your town or country. In fact you can change your name at any time just by saying, from now on I wish to be known as "Fred Bloggs".