Queen Elizabeth’s Decision To Not Use Prince Philip’s Last Name ‘Upset’ Him

Queen Elizabeth II reportedly upset Prince Philip when she refused to use his last name, Mountbatten.

In 1952, Her Majesty declared that the Windsor name will be the one that she will carry after being asked by Martin Charteris, her former private secretary. The Queen’s decision deeply upset the Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Philip said that he was nothing but a bloody amoeba, and he was the only man in the country that was not allowed to give his last name to his own children, according to a 2012 Vanity Fair story.

Eight years later, Prince Philip and the Queen finally had a compromise. They decided that all of their four children will use the last name Mountbatten-Windsor. Unless Prince Charles chooses a different name when he becomes King, he will continue to use the Mountbatten-Windsor surname until he dies.

The Queen’s full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Mountbatten-Windsor. Her official royal title is Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her Other Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. The 92-year-old monarch is more commonly known as Her Majesty.

In related news, Her Majesty also made headlines today after it was revealed that there was only one time in her life when she felt normal. In the book “The Royals” by Kitty Kelley, the author wrote how the monarch had no clear understanding of the way people lived outside palace walls.

“But when she flew to visit Prince Philip in Malta, she saw and experienced for the first time the life of an ordinary girl not living in a palace,” she wrote.

The Queen wrote a letter to Jawaharlal Nehru and said that it has been lovely seeing her so radiant and leading a more or less human and normal existence for once. Her Majesty also enjoyed the fact that she was able to spend some time out of the limelight.