Monarchs of Britain -The Royal Family's Last Name

The Royal Family's Last Name

An excerpt from a declaration made at a Privy Council meeting, held at Clarence House on 9 April, 1952 states:

"The Queen today declared in Council her will and pleasurethat she and her children shall be styled and known as the House andFamily of Windsor, and that her descendants, other than femaledescendants who marry and their descendants, shall bear the name ofWindsor."

A later declaration (8 February, 1960) stated that all her descendantswho did not bear the "style, title or attribute of HRH, and the titulardignity of Prince or Princess" shall bear the name ofMountbatten-Windsor.