The British Royal Family is the family group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Members of the Royal Family can be known both by the name of the Royal house, and by a surname, which are not always the same. And often they do not use a surname at all.Before 1917, members of the British Royal Family had no surname, but only the name of the house or dynasty to which they belonged. Kings and princes were historically known by the names of the countries over which they and their families ruled. Kings and queens therefore signed themselves by their first names only, a tradition in the United Kingdom which has continued to the present day. The names of dynasties tended to change when the line of succession was taken by a rival faction within the family or when succession passed to a different family branch through females. The House of Windsor came into being in 1917, when the name was adopted as the British Royal Family's official name by a proclamation of King George V, replacing the historic name of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. It remains the family name of the current Royal Family. The family name was changed as a result of anti-German feeling during the First World War. The Royal Family name of Windsor was confirmed by The Queen after her accession in 1952. After 1917, members of the Royal Family belong, either by birth or marriage, to the House of Windsor. Senior titled members of the royal family do not usually use a surname, although since 1960 Mountbatten-Windsor (incorporating Prince Philip's adopted surname of Mountbatten) has been prescribed as a surname for Queen Elizabeth II's direct descendants who do not have royal styles and titles, and has also sometimes been used when required for those who do have such titles.
GEORGE ALEXANDER LOUIS
Prince George of Cambridge was born 22 July 2013 and he is the only child of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. He is the grandson of Prince Charles of Wales and the great-grandson of the British monarch Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip.Therefore, it is the third in line of succession to the British throne and thrones of sixteen independent realms of the Commonwealth of Nations , after his grandfather and father . Is Prince "Cambridge" by the title of his father who is Duke of Cambridge . The names chosen are several members of the royal family : George by King George VI , father of Isabel II , Alexander is the masculine form of Alexandra , the second name of Queen Elizabeth II , and Louis by Louis Mountbatten , uncle of Felipe Edinburgh. His baptism took place in the Chapel Royal of St. James's Palace on 23 October 2013.
(Prince William and his wife Kate, with their son)
