Fun fact: Prior to 1917, royals didn’t have surnames.
Much like single-name celebrities Madonna, Prince, or Beyoncé, it’s infrequent that you see a member of the royal family attached to a last name. But rest assured, they do have them—and there's a complicated history attached.; they simply went by the name of their house or dynasty , which is inherited from the sovereign’s father.In 1917, however, King George V made a major shakeup in royal moniker policy when he decided to change the house’s name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor .
This carried on until Queen Elizabeth II took the throne. Several years into her reign, she and her husband, Prince Philip decided that their particular branch of descendants would bear a modified surname reflecting both of their ancestries: Mountbatten-Windsor. However, if the royal’s first name is preceded with Her or His Royal Highness, they don’t need to use a surname. Mountbatten-Windsor can be used on legal documents, but it’s not necessary.And there’s more. Some royals choose to use their territorial designation as their last name. When Prince William and Prince Harry served in the military, they took the surname Wales after their father, the Prince of Wales.
The thing is, there’s no absolute when it comes to surnames. Some royal descendants simply choose to use their father’s last name , while others strictly use Moutbatten-Windsor, or just Windsor.
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