Former Prince Andrew Officially Becomes Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Following Title Loss
The former Prince Andrew has officially adopted a hyphen in his surname, now styled Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, reflecting the double-barreled family name chosen by Queen Elizabeth II for her descendants 65 years ago…
The former Prince Andrew has officially adopted a hyphen in his surname, now styled Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, reflecting the double-barreled family name chosen by Queen Elizabeth II for her descendants 65 years ago.
According to The Associated Press, previous palace communications had listed him as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, without the hyphen.
The adjustment aligns his name with the declaration made by the late queen on February 8, 1960, just days before Andrew’s birth.
At the time, Queen Elizabeth II had decided that “My descendants other than descendants enjoying the style title or attribute of Royal Highness and the titular dignity of Prince or Princess and female descendants who marry and their descendants shall bear the name of Mountbatten-Windsor.”
The name merges the royal family surname Windsor, established by King George V in 1917, with Mountbatten, the surname of the queen’s husband, Prince Philip.
The decision originally came after Prince Philip complained that he was the only man in England unable to pass his surname to his children. Elizabeth eventually relented, establishing the double-barreled style that now applies to Andrew.