Editing Mountbatten-Windsor (section)

==Origin==
''Mountbatten-Windsor'' was created by combining the royal family's [[Dynasty|House]] name of [[House of Windsor|Windsor]] and  [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]'s adopted surname of [[Mountbatten family|Mountbatten]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/prince-harry-meghan-announce-sons-archie-harrison-mountbatten/story?id=62804184|title= Prince Harry and Meghan announce their son's name: Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor|last=Kindelan|first=Katie |date=8 May 2019 |website=ABC News |accessdate=2 April 2025}}</ref> A few years after the death of Lord Mountbatten the Windsor name became the official royal family name and the Battenbergs changed their name to Mountbatten.<ref>Anne Edwards. (1990). ''Royal sisters: Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret.''  New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. p. 74. ISBN: 0-688-07662-9.</ref> In 1960 the [[Privy Council (United Kingdom)|Privy Council]] declared:<ref>{{cite news |title=The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41948/supplement/1003 |access-date=26 December 2024 |work=The London Gazette |issue=41948 |date=5 February 1960}}</ref>
<blockquote>My Lords
Whereas on the 9th day of April 1952, I did declare in Council My Will and Pleasure that I and My children shall be styled and known as the House and Family of Windsor, and that My descendants, other than female descendants who marry and their descendants, shall bear the name of Windsor:
And whereas I have given further consideration to the position of those of My descendants who will enjoy neither the style, title or attribute of Royal Highness, nor the titluar dignity of Prince and for whom therefore a surname will be necessary:
And whereas I have concluded that the Declaration made by Me on the 9th day of April 1952, should be varied in its application to such persons:
Now therefore I declare My Will and Pleasure that, while I and My Children shall continue to be styled and known as the House and Family of Windsor, 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.</blockquote>
The Privy Council declaration made it so that Elizabeth's descendants with princely titles and male-line descendants who bear princely titles keep the name Windsor, pursuant to a declaration she made in a previous Privy Council meeting at the beginning of her reign; female descendants who marry, their descendants, and any other descendants who do not hold princely titles use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor. While many of her descendants hold princely titles and styles, they usually use Mountbatten-Windsor instead of Windsor.