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Mountbatten-Windsor

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Mountbatten-Windsor

Mountbatten-Windsor is the family surname available to and used by descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, when a surname is required. Generally, those who are entitled to, and use, the royal style HRH Prince or Princess have no need of a surname. A surname may become needed, for example to register a marriage, and for non-royal children. Mountbatten-Windsor combines the British royal family's house name of Windsor and Prince Philip's adopted surname of Mountbatten. Its use was authorised in a declaration by the Privy Council in 1960.

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Parent family
mw- Mountbatten (agnatic)Windsor (enatic)
Country
United Kingdom List Antigua and Barbuda (1981–present) Australia (1960–present) Bahamas (1973–present) Barbados (1966–2021) Belize (1981–present) Canada (1960–present) Ceylon (1960–1972) Fiji (1970–1987) The Gambia (1965–1970) Ghana (1960) Grenada (1974–present) Guyana (1966–1970) Jamaica (1962–present) Kenya (1963–1964) Malawi (1964–1966) Malta (1964–1974) Mauritius (1968–1992) New Zealand (1960–present) Nigeria (1960–1963) Papua New Guinea (1975–present) Saint Kitts and Nevis (1983–present) Saint Lucia (1979–present) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979–present) Sierra Leone (1961–1971) Solomon Islands (1978–present) South Africa (1960–1961) Tanganyika (1961–1962) Trinidad and Tobago (1962–1976) Tuvalu (1978–present) Uganda (1962–1963)
Founded
1960
Founder
Elizabeth IIPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Current head
Charles III
Members
15
Connected families
British royal familyDanish royal familyGreek royal family

Tables

· Marriages
20 November 1947
20 November 1947
Date
20 November 1947
Wedding
Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten (formerly Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark)
Combined coat of arms
14 November 1973
14 November 1973
Date
14 November 1973
Wedding
Princess Anne and Mark Phillips
Combined coat of arms
29 July 1981
29 July 1981
Date
29 July 1981
Wedding
Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer
Combined coat of arms
23 July 1986
23 July 1986
Date
23 July 1986
Wedding
Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson
Combined coat of arms
12 December 1992
12 December 1992
Date
12 December 1992
Wedding
Anne, Princess Royal and Timothy Laurence
19 June 1999
19 June 1999
Date
19 June 1999
Wedding
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Sophie Rhys-Jones
Combined coat of arms
9 April 2005
9 April 2005
Date
9 April 2005
Wedding
Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles
Combined coat of arms
29 April 2011
29 April 2011
Date
29 April 2011
Wedding
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton
Combined coat of arms
19 May 2018
19 May 2018
Date
19 May 2018
Wedding
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan Markle
Combined coat of arms
12 October 2018
12 October 2018
Date
12 October 2018
Wedding
Princess Eugenie of York and Jack Brooksbank
Combined coat of arms
17 July 2020
17 July 2020
Date
17 July 2020
Wedding
Princess Beatrice of York and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
Combined coat of arms
Date
Wedding
Combined coat of arms
20 November 1947
Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten (formerly 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 of York and Jack Brooksbank
17 July 2020
Princess Beatrice of York and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi

References

  1. ABC News
    https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/prince-harry-meghan-announce-sons-archie-harrison-mountbatten/story?id=62804184
  2. The London Gazette
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41948/supplement/1003
  3. "The Royal Family name"
    https://www.royal.uk/royal-family-name
  4. Philip Ziegler, Mountbatten: The Official Biography, 1985, p.682
  5. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/william-and-kate-win-legal-battle--but-lose-war-to-keep-topless-photos-under-wraps-8153383.html
  6. http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/TNA/HO_290_72.htm (see, in particular, the article by Edward F. Iwi).
    http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/TNA/HO_290_72.htm
  7. Even though such children would theoretically be a Prince or Princess under the 1917 letters patent which changed the na
  8. The Telegraph
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1447876/Lady-Louise-heralds-return-for-Mountbattens.html
  9. Sky News
    https://news.sky.com/story/prince-andrew-to-lose-prince-title-and-move-out-of-royal-lodge-13456409
  10. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/12/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-hyphenated-decreed-queen-elizabeth
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