Does Queen Elizabeth have a surname?

MonkeyOnALeash

She is of the House of Windsor. Elizabeth II Royalty Born: 21 April 1926 Birthplace: London, England Best known as: The Queen of Great Britain Name at birth: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/queenelizabethii.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Windsor Nov 03 07, 7:28 AM

Quiz_Beagle

However, the Queen's descendants who aren't Royal Highnesses are actually Mountbatten-Windsors (the Mountbatten name was dropped in WWI as sounding too Germanic) because of Letters Patent in 1960. http://everythingroyal.com/everythingroyalfamilyname.html Note the Queen's youngest granddaughter to date, Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor. http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/windsor_20.htm Nov 03 07, 8:31 AM

zbeckabee

Though the Royal House is named Windsor, it was decreed, via a 1960 Order-in-Council, that those descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip who were not Princes or Princesses of the United Kingdom should have the personal surname Mountbatten-Windsor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_ii Nov 03 07, 11:08 AM

davejacobs

It wasn't the Mountbatten name that was dropped in WWI, rather the Germanic surname Battenberg was changed to become Mountbatten. Nov 03 07, 2:37 PM

Baloo55th

But with the usual British inconsistency, we carried on calling the cake Battenberg. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battenberg%2C_Hesse Nov 03 07, 4:53 PM

queproblema

Well, if you're going to get into all that, we may as well add that the name "Windsor" also came into use during WWI since "Saxe-Coburg and Gotha" was too Germanic for the times. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Windsor Nov 03 07, 6:28 PM

McGruff

Also see: http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question45139.html http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question25284.html http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question18179.html Nov 03 07, 10:15 PM

billythebrit

But her initials, seen on post boxes are ER. Elizabeth Regina. So what does that mean? Has this replaced the family name she was given at birth? Nov 05 07, 10:42 AM

Baloo55th

No. Those aren't her actual initials. The R stands for Rex or Regina as appropriate - Latin for King or Queen. The first name used to be in a Latin form 'Henricus Rex', but this has been abandoned with Elizabeth II. Nov 05 07, 2:26 PM