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Old 04-27-2011, 01:13 PM
 
Location: Wiesbaden, Germany
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Time to fly again.. ciao

 
Old 04-27-2011, 06:01 PM
 
Location: South Side
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where are you going?
 
Old 04-28-2011, 09:56 AM
 
Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Default Question about the Royal Family...

The Queen,, I think Queen Elizabeth is her name
then her son Prince Charles
and grandson Prince William and the other one, whatever his first name is,


My question is this; what is their last name?????
 
Old 04-28-2011, 10:00 AM
 
Location: Tricity, PL
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Technically, she does not have one, but is from the House of Windsor.
Elizabeth never uses a surname. Her dynasty is called the House of Windsor, but I think it would be perceived as a terrible insult to address her as Elizabeth Windsor.
 
Old 04-28-2011, 10:03 AM
 
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I never knew this question had such a complicated answer!
(from royalty.nu)
About the Name Windsor

The royal family has little use for last names - after all, everyone knows who they are. Princess Diana did not take back her maiden name, Spencer, after her divorce; she continued to be known simply as "Diana." The Queen signs official documents "Elizabeth R." The R stands for Regina, which means "queen." (Regina is not one of her given names; she was baptised Elizabeth Alexandra Mary.)
But the royal family does have a last name, and they do use it from time to time. This wasn't always the case. Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, was a member of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, so her descendants were part of that dynasty. This, however, was not the family's last name. They didn't have one, because they didn't need one, so they didn't worry about it. Experts later worried about it for them and decided their name was probably "Witten" (or maybe even Wipper).
The royal family's official name, or lack thereof, became a problem during World War I, when people began to mutter that Saxe-Coburg-Gotha sounded far too German. King George V and his family needed a new, English-sounding name. After considering everything from Plantagenet to Tudor-Stuart to simply England, the king and his advisors chose the name Windsor.
To this day, the British royal family is known as the House of Windsor. When Princess Elizabeth (the current queen) served as a subaltern in the Auxiliary Territorial Service during World War II, she was called "Elizabeth Windsor." Elizabeth married Prince Philip of Greece, whose family name was Mountbatten, and eventually she decreed that most of her descendants would be called Mountbatten-Windsor. Princess Anne used this name in 1973 when she married Captain Mark Phillips.
However, according to statements made by the queen, it appears that Windsor is still the official family name for any British royal who is styled "Royal Highness." The queen's youngest son, Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, has used the name Edward Windsor professionally. His wife, the Countess of Wessex, has been known professionally as Sophie Wessex.
 
Old 04-28-2011, 11:52 AM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Good gosh, it gets worse. I knew I'd seen Prince William in uniform and it said Wales on the pocket. Sure enough I was right per Wikipedia

Although Royals do not tend to use a last name, in the instance of a marriage, for example, Prince William's last name is Mountbatten-Windsor. This is the surname of all descendents of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II excluding females who marry.
The name Mountbatten-Windsor derives from the Royal surname Windsor, decided in 1917 by George V. Before this, the Royal surname was technically Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, but due to anti-German sentiment after WWI, the decision was made to change the royal surname to Windsor.
In 1960, the Queen and Prince Philip decided to create a surname for their direct descendants, incorporating the surnames 'Windsor' and Prince Philip's previous surname, 'Mountbatten'.
Therefore, Mountbatten-Windsor is the surname of all male, and unmarried female descendants of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II including Charles, William and Harry.
At university and in the armed forces, Prince William has used 'Wales' as his surname.

Makes me glad to be a commoner...

Last edited by TXsurburbanmom; 04-28-2011 at 11:54 AM.. Reason: bolding sentence
 
Old 04-29-2011, 07:15 AM
 
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What's up with all those stupid hats they are wearing over there? Especially David Beckham's wife. She has like this blue doughnut over here head.

Last edited by doss1; 04-29-2011 at 07:57 AM..
 
Old 04-29-2011, 03:11 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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It's "fashion"
 
Old 04-29-2011, 03:52 PM
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Location: Ohio
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What's up with all those stupid hats they are wearing over there?
Somehow, the queen's hat looked familiar.
 
Old 04-29-2011, 04:56 PM
 
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Somehow, the queen's hat looked familiar.
Wow, that is scary!
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