Editing House of Windsor (section)

== Members ==
{{See also|List of members of the House of Windsor}}

The 1917 proclamation stated that the name of the Royal House and all British descendants of Victoria and Albert in the male line were to bear the name of Windsor, except for women who married into other families.

===Descendants of Elizabeth II===
In 1947, Princess Elizabeth (who would become Queen [[Elizabeth II]]), heir presumptive to King [[George VI]], married [[Philip Mountbatten]] (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark), a member of the [[House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg]],<ref name="Philip-Glücksburg"/> a branch of the [[House of Oldenburg]]. A few months before his marriage, Philip abandoned his princely titles and adopted the surname ''[[Mountbatten]]'', which was that of his maternal uncle and mentor, [[Lord Mountbatten|Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma]], and had itself been adopted by Lord Mountbatten's father (Philip's maternal grandfather), [[Prince Louis of Battenberg]], in 1917. It is the literal translation of the German ''[[Battenberg family|Battenberg]]'', which refers to [[Battenberg, Hesse|Battenberg]], a small town in [[Hesse]].

Soon after Elizabeth became Queen in 1952, Lord Mountbatten observed that because it was the standard practice for the wife in a marriage to adopt her husband's surname, the ''House of Mountbatten'' now reigned. When Elizabeth's grandmother, [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]], heard of this comment, she informed British Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]] and he later advised the Queen to issue a royal proclamation declaring that the royal house was to remain known as the House of Windsor.
This she did on 9 April 1952, officially declaring it her "Will and Pleasure that I and My children shall be styled and known as the House and Family of Windsor, and that My descendants, other than female descendants who marry and their descendants, shall bear the name of Windsor."<ref name=sixty>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/prince_highness_docs.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423165659/http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/prince_highness_docs.htm#1960|url-status=dead|title=Royal Styles and Titles of Great Britain: Documents|archive-date=23 April 2016|website=www.heraldica.org}}</ref> Philip privately complained, "I am nothing but a bloody amoeba. I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his own children."<ref>[[Gyles Brandreth|Brandreth, Gyles]] (2004). ''Philip and Elizabeth: Portrait of a Marriage''. pp. 253–254. London: Century. {{ISBN|0-7126-6103-4}}</ref>

On 8 February 1960, some years after both the [[Death and funeral of Mary of Teck|death of Queen Mary]] and the resignation of Churchill, the Queen confirmed that she and her children would continue to be known as the "House and Family of Windsor", as would any agnatic descendants (through the male line of succession, or [[patrilineality]]) who enjoy the [[style (manner of address)|style]] of [[Royal Highness]] and the title of prince or princess.<ref name=sixty /> Still, Elizabeth also decreed that her agnatic descendants who do not have that style and title would bear the surname [[Mountbatten-Windsor]].<ref name=sixty/>

This came after some months of correspondence between the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Harold Macmillan]] and the constitutional expert [[Edward Iwi]]. Iwi had raised the prospect that the royal child due to be born in February 1960 would bear "the Badge of Bastardy" if it were given its mother's maiden name (Windsor) rather than its father's name (Mountbatten). Macmillan had attempted to rebuff Iwi, until the Queen advised [[Rab Butler]] in January 1960 that for some time she had her heart set on a change that would recognise the name, Mountbatten. She wished to make this change before the birth of her child.  The issue did not affect Prince Charles or Princess Anne, as they had been born Mountbatten before the Queen's accession to the throne.<ref>Travis, Alan (18 February 1999). [https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/feb/18/monarchy "Queen feared 'slur' on family", ''The Guardian''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180358/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/feb/18/monarchy |date=3 March 2016 }}. Retrieved 17 April 2014</ref> [[Prince Andrew, Duke of York|Prince Andrew]] was born 11 days later, on 19 February 1960.

Any future monarch can change the dynastic name through a similar royal proclamation, as the [[royal prerogative in the United Kingdom]] covers it.<ref>[https://www.royal.uk/royal-family-name The Royal Family name] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530221439/https://www.royal.uk/royal-family-name |date=30 May 2016 }}, Royal Household, retrieved 24 April 2016</ref>

===Family tree===

{{See also|Family tree of the British royal family}}
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