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Mountbatten-Windsor
Under an ambiguously-worded Order-in-Council issued in 1960, the name Mountbatten-Windsor is the personal surname 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 change of 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 Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, when both used Mountbatten-Windsor in the banns issued announcing their marriages.
Holders of the surname Mountbatten-Windsor
The following people either hold or have held, under the above common interpretation, the surname Mountbatten-Windsor. They are listed in the order of succession to the Crown.
Of course, few of these people actually use this surname, owing to the styles that are used for members of the Royal Family. For example, when the Duke of York was in the Navy, he was referred to as Lieutenant His Royal Highness, the Prince Andrew before he became the Duke of York, and Lieutenant His Royal Highness, the Duke of York afterwards - but not Lieutenant Mountbatten-Windsor. While Mountbatten-Windsor was entered into the marriage register for Prince Andrew and Princess Anne, the Prince of Wales was entered as simply "The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George".
Reference
- Buckingham Palace and St. James's Palace were consulted for this article.
Referenced By
Andrew, Duke of York | Andrew Windsor, Duke of York | Anne, Princess Royal | Anne, Princess Royal (of the United Kingdom) | Anne Elizabeth Alice Windsor | Anne Windsor | Anne Windsor, Princess Royal | Charles, Prince of Wales | Charles, the Prince of Wales | Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor | Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor-Mountbatten | Charles Philip Arthur Windsor | Charles Windsor, Prince of Wales | Earl of Wessex | Edward, Earl of Wessex | Edward Windsor, Earl of Wessex | Elizabeth II | Elizabeth II of Australia | Elizabeth II of England | Elizabeth II of Great Britain | Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom | Eugenie, Princess of York | Henry Charles Albert Windsor | House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha | House of Windsor | Philip Mountbatten | Phillip of Edinburgh | Prince Andrew | Prince Andrew, Duke of York | Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom | Prince Charles | Prince Edward | Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex | Prince Harry | Prince Harry of Wales | Prince Henry of Wales | Prince Philip | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | Prince William (William Arthur Philip Louis Windsor) | Prince William of Wales | Princess Beatrice of York | Princess Eugenie of York | Queen Elizabeth II | Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom | Queen of Australia | Royal House | Saxe-Coburg-Gotha | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | Saxony-Coburg-Gotha | Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg | Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderborg-Glücksburg | William Windsor | William of Wales
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