Prince Harry's Children's Name Is Nicknamed 'Mountbatten-Windsor'
Prince Harry's children are nicknamed 'Mountbatten-Windsor', a name that reportedly caused much controversy in the royal family and between Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip in the 1950s.
The surname Mountbatten-Windsor, which combines the royal name Windsor with Philip's surname Mountbatten, caused a great row in the royal family and was even raised in the Houses of Parliament!
As the Daily Mirror reports, although the name was not officially used until 1973, from 1952 it reportedly caused trouble between the monarch and the Duke of Edinburgh.
Prior to his marriage to Elizabeth, Philip's official title was Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderberg-Glücksburg and he eventually had to adopt the more neutral name, Mountbatten.
When the couple's first child, Prince Charles, was born, it was understood that he would take the surname Philip. But Elizabeth ascended the throne in 1952 and had to confirm the surname of the royal family.
Many wanted him to keep the surname Windsor, and the matter was even discussed in Parliament.
The Queen eventually chose Windsor, and this remained a point of contention for Philip, who reportedly remarked: "I am nothing but a bloodthirsty amoeba. I am the only man in the country known to give his children his name." is not permitted. "
The rift continued for eight years and in 1960 the Queen decided to do something about the issue.
He told British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan at the time that "he needed to rethink the issue" and on 8 February 1960, he officially adopted the name Mountbatten-Windsor.