When Prince Philip married Elizabeth II, he had to give up his career, his religion, but also his last name. Indeed, his surname, very different from that of Mountbatten, was too tinged with Germanism.
Prince Philip died on April 9, 2021, leaving behind his wife, Queen Elizabeth II, four children, eight grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. It is often, and unfortunately, when a person disappears that we are interested behind the scenes of his life. While you were recently reminded that the Duke of Edinburgh was considered a demi-god in the eyes of the people of Tanna Island, it is important to remember that Prince Philip did not always carry the name Mountbatten. Indeed, the latter is the son of Prince André of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg. It was descendant of George Ielected King of the Hellenes in 1863, who was the son of King Christian IX of Denmark.
As a result, Philip Mountbatten belonged to the house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. When he married Elizabeth II, he had to do many sacrifices : renounce his Greek and Danish royal titles and predicates, opt for the Anglican religion and change his surname. Having become a British subject, Prince Philip therefore took his mother’s surname, Alice of Battenberg, translated into English as Mountbatten. The day before his marriage to the daughter of King George VI of England, he received the title of Duke of Edinburghto then be considered a prince consort at the end of his union with Elizabeth II.
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Why Some Descendants of Elizabeth and Prince Philip Carry the Mountbatten-Windsor Name
On the day of Prince Philip’s death, BFM TV devoted a special edition to the Duke of Edinburgh. On set, the journalists of the news channel had received the historian and specialist of the monarchyJean des Cars, who notably explained why the husband of Elizabeth II had to change your last name : “If we took the name of the dynasty with Danish and German in it, it was impractical for the British.”. After his marriage to the Queen of England, his descendants therefore bore the name of Windsor so as not to change house. Finally, when Queen Mary died in 1960, a decree allowing the descendants of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to endorse the name Mountbatten-Windsor see the day. Only condition required: they must not avail themselves of the predicate of Royal Highnessas is the case of Archie Harrison, son of Prince Harry.
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