Re: 1917 name change


"Ms Smith" <pleyland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've read that George V in 1917 decreed that all male line descendets
of Queen Victoria should bear thew surname Windsor, which of course at
that time meant himself and his sons; his uncle Arthur and cousin
Arthur and infant Alistair..........and of course his uncle Leopold's
family. So where the latter stand as regards this decree ? Surely he
did not expect Prince Charles Edward and his sons to adopt the name
Windsor, although that is what his decree said if taken literally.Ms
Smith


Who is/was Prince Charles Edward??

Queen Elizabeth II later changed the royal surname Mountbatten-Windsor.

While we are on the subject why are William & Harry using the surname Wales
in the army instead of Mountbatten-Windsor, apart from the fact that it is
easier to fit on the name tags?

Katipo I



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