What is prince harrys last name?
The official surname that the descendants of Elizabeth II is “Mountbatten-Windsor.” The Queen’s real surname was “Wettin”, a branch of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line of the House of Wettin. However, high anti-German feeling among the people during World War I prompted the Royal Family to abandon all titles held under the German crown and to change German-sounding titles and house names for English-sounding versions. Therefore, The Queen’s surname became “Windsor”, and The House of Windsor is the current Royal House of the United Kingdom and each of the other Commonwealth realms. Mountbatten is the surname of Prince Philip, which is also an English version of the German name Battenberg. Therefore, in honour of him, his children may choose to use the surname “Mountbatten-Windsor”, and Prince Charles may want to establish the first “House of Mountbatten-Windsor” as the official ruling house when he is King. However, the younger generation like Prince William and Princess Beatrice prefer t
