[Thurifer the Censer]

Inquiring minds want to know.

[SevenofNine]

I think William Wales

Offically The Windsor family is that family any royal that not in direct line of throne is allow to used both Mountbatten Windsor family name combine

I hope that helps LOL!

[CGASMIA68]

Non inquiring minds don't give a crap..Whoops, did I say that?

[SevenofNine]

I think William Wales

Offically The Windsor family is that family any royal that not in direct line of throne is allow to used both Mountbatten Windsor family name combine

I hope that helps LOL!

[Emperor Palpatine]

The original last name was Battenberg, as the Royals are actually Germans.

However in the anti-German hysteria of WWI the name was Anglicized to Mountbatten.

[rokkitapps]

A real man names himself.

[SeeSharp]

The family name of the British royal family is Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, after Queen Victoria’s husband Albert. Victoria was a Hanover. The family began calling themselves Windsor during the First World War because it sounds less German.

[humblegunner]

So how did William sign the wedding register?

I've seen a scan of the page.. THERE'S LAYERS! FAKE!

[FrankR]

Here's my question, based from my ignorance of the royal heirarchy:

Elizibeth is the Queen, Prince Charles is her son...now:

If the Queen dies, does Charles become King? Does that make Fergie the new Queen?

If Charles dies and Fergie is left the Queen, when will William get to the throne? And when and if he does, does that make his new bride the Queen...if so, what happens to Fergie?

There, I've confused myself enough for one day..

[Rider on the Rain]

I can’t believe you’re really interested in that.

[Melas]

It’s officially Windsor. It was established as a legal surname for the royal family during WWI. I read some time ago that although he eschews the name, it’s what is listed on Harry’s service papers.

I doubt William signed his own register. I didn’t sign mine, I hope I wasn’t supposed to, but c’mon, my name was already printed in big bold letters at the top. Harry Probably signed Prince Harry (short title) and the Queen no doubt used her typical Elizabeth R..

[NCC-1701]

This is from the Official Wedding Program of William and Kate:

William Arthur Philip Louis, wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife, to live together according to God’s law in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour and keep her, in sickness and in health? and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live?

Perhaps Louis is his real last name, like Smith or Jones. Wales may be some kind of title name. I really don't know.

[jrg]

They’re all freaking Germans

[LibFreeOrDie]

Here’s the info about last names and succession, straight from the official website of the British Monarchy:

http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/TheRoyalFamilyname/Overview.aspx

http://www.royal.gov.uk/ThecurrentRoyalFamily/Successionandprecedence/Succession/Overview.aspx

[Rebelbase]

Didn’t he attend St. Andrews under the name William Windsor?

[ExCTCitizen]

Inquiring minds want to know.

Just as long as the last name is NOT Obama — :-)

[allmendream]

George I King of England was of the house of Hanover.

King Edward VII was the son of Queen Victoria and he was of the House of Saxe-Coburg Gotha (from his father Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg Gotha).

The royal family of England went by the name of Saxe-Coburg Gotha until right before the start of the first World War. Anti-German sentiment lead the royal family under king George V to change their name to “Windsor” in 1917.

This led the Kaiser of Germany (his cousin) to quip that “I look forward to seeing the play “The Merry Wives of Saxe-Coburg Gotha”.”