royal family

[colin F]

was talking about the royal family down the club yesterday when some one asked what their name uesed to be before it was changed to windsor no one knew anyone know what it was ????

[HUNTER_ZERO]

Originally Posted by colin F

was talking about the royal family down the club yesterday when some one asked what their name uesed to be before it was changed to windsor no one knew anyone know what it was ????

There isn't an easy answer to that as the Royals take their names from the "house" hence Windsor BUT if you were to take the name Windsor away from them then I guess they would settle for Mountbatten but the Royals do not need a surname.

John

[BIG DAVE C]

I could be wrong and I don't really know but aint they really Germans,wasent it Sax Coburg or sumat like that,

[mrcolin69]

The British Royal Family's surname is Windsor. They changed their name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor in 1917.

[sme4969]

Originally Posted by mrcolin69

The British Royal Family's surname is Windsor. They changed their name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor in 1917.

surnames are taken from the husband and phil is greek not german

[Lez325]

Mr Prince and Mrs Queen

Les

[HUNTER_ZERO]

It really does depend up on which "House" they wish to belong too. For example Queen Victoria could have been known as Victoria Hanover but she married Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. So could also have been known as Victoria Saxe-Coburg.
King George V changed his name to Windsor due to anti-German feelings (Saxe-Coburg being a German name).
Our present queen kept the name Windsor (from the house not the marriage) but as she is married to Philip who adopted the name Mountbatten (for popularity due to his mothers relatives) The queen could be known as Elizabeth Windsor or Elizabeth Mountbatten.

John