Mountbatten-Windsor
Mountbatten-Windsor is the personal
Current use
The British monarchy asserts that the name Mountbatten-Windsor is used by members of the royal family who do not have a surname, when a surname is required.[1] For example, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Anne, Princess Royal, children of Queen Elizabeth II, used the surname Mountbatten-Windsor in official marriage registry entries in 1986 and 1973 respectively.[2] Likewise, William, Prince of Wales, used the name when filing a French lawsuit related to the topless pictures of his wife published by the French magazine Closer.[3]
At the time of the 1960 declaration, palace officials claimed in private communications that it created a hidden surname that would emerge several generations later when some of Queen Elizabeth II's descendants were further removed from the throne.
Mountbatten-Windsor differs from the official name of the
Male-line descendants of Elizabeth II and Philip
The family tree is based on the current line of succession to the British throne (addition of last heir)
- Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022) ⚭ Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh(1921–2021) – m. 1947
- King Charles III(b. 1948)
- (1) William, Prince of Wales (b. 1982)
- (2) Prince George of Wales (b. 2013)
- (3) Princess Charlotte of Wales (b. 2015)
- (4) Prince Louis of Wales (b. 2018)
- (5) Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (b. 1984)
- (6) Prince Archie of Sussex (b. 2019)
- (7) Princess Lilibet of Sussex (b. 2021)
- (1) William, Prince of Wales (b. 1982)
- (8) Prince Andrew, Duke of York (b. 1960)
- (9) Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi (b. 1988)
- (11) Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank (b. 1990)
- (13) Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (b. 1964)
- (14) James Mountbatten-Windsor, Earl of Wessex (b. 2007)
- (15) Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor(b. 2003)
- (16) Anne, Princess Royal (b. 1950)
Marriages
Date | Wedding | Combined coat of arms |
---|---|---|
20 November 1947 | Princess Elizabeth and Sir Philip Mountbatten (formally HRH Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark) | |
14 November 1973 | Princess Anne and Mark Phillips | |
29 July 1981 | Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer | |
23 July 1986 | Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson | |
12 December 1992 | Anne, Princess Royal and Timothy Laurence | |
19 June 1999 | Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Sophie Rhys-Jones | |
9 April 2005 | Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles | |
29 April 2011 | Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton | |
19 May 2018 | Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan Markle | |
12 October 2018 | Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank | |
17 July 2020 | Princess Beatrice and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi |
See also
- House of Windsor – Queen Elizabeth II's paternal family house
- Bowes-Lyon Family – Queen Elizabeth II's maternal family.
- House of Glücksburg – Prince Philip's paternal family.
- Mountbatten Family – Prince Philip's maternal family.
References
- ^ a b c "The Royal Family name". The British Monarchy. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ Philip Ziegler, Mountbatten: The Official Biography, 1985, p.682
- ^ Lichfield, John (19 September 2012). "William and Kate win legal battle – but lose war to keep topless photos under wraps". The Independent. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/TNA/HO_290_72.htm (see, in particular, the article by Edward F. Iwi).
- ^ Even though such children would theoretically be a Prince or Princess under the 1917 letters patent which changed the name of the Royal House to Windsor.
- ^ "Lady Louise heralds return for Mountbattens". The Telegraph. 27 November 2003.