Archie’s surname sparked a major conflict between the Queen Elizabeth and Philip

Archie and Lilibet Markle, the children of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, bear the royal family’s formal surname, Mountbatten-Windsor. This is because of the fact that they are not senior enough just to hold HRH titles.

The name is a combination of the royal surname, Windsor, and Prince Philip’s surname, Mountbatten.

However, the name was even discussed in the Houses of Parliament, causing a schism between the Queen and her husband.

The name didn’t appear on an official document until 1973, although the intricate tale behind it dates back to 1952.

Philip’s formal title before marrying The Queen and becoming Duke of Edinburgh

was Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.

Because his given name was deemed insufficiently neutral, he took the surname Mountbatten after his grandparents.

However, when Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip had their first child, Prince Charles, in 1948, they expected owing to tradition that their kid would take his name.

When Elizabeth became Queen in 1952, she had to clarify that the Royal Family’s formal surname would remain Windsor rather than Mountbatten.

It is reported to have made such a stir that it was even debated in Parliament.

“I am nothing but a bloody amoeba,” Philip reportedly stated at the time. I am the only individual in the country who is not permitted to name his own children.”