Weird, Prince Harry doesn't technically have a last name - it's complicated.

[MoonRiver]

You know Prince Harry? Grandson to Queen Elizabeth, husband to Meghan Markle and father of Archie, person who quit the royal family? Well, a couple fun facts about his name: first of all, it's not Harry. It's Henry!

And while we're at it, his full name is Henry Charles Albert David, which begs the question, does Harry just not have a last name? Well, it's complicated due to a bunch of various rules and proclamations, so let's get into it.

No, Harry Doesn't Technically Have a Last Name
Due to being royal, Harry doesn't have a last name like us mere mortals. In fact, the official name listed on his son Archie's birth certificate is His Royal Highness Henry Charles Albert David Duke of Sussex.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/prince-harrys-last-name-complicated-233400272.html

[CTyankee]

1. That's what we'd call a high class kind of problem to have...

Sorry if I am being unkind...

[bigtree]

2. 'the David Duke of Sussex'

...not ideal.

[soothsayer]

9. Lol!

[MoonRiver]

12. Rofl, a comma here and there would help!

[Wounded Bear]

26. He's British. The Oxford comma should come naturally to him...

[PunkinPi]

3. He should take Meghan's last name...

watch all the racist and misogynist heads explode.

[CottonBear]

4. He was Captain Wales, while serving in the British Army.

His father is the Prince of Wales.

Untitled members of the British Royal Family, like Prince Harry’s son Archie, use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor.

[smirkymonkey]

23. However, Mountbatten was Anglicized from the German "Battenberg" around the time of the

first world war, due to rising anti-German sentiment in Britain (Berg = Mount).

[CottonBear]

28. At the same time, many German relatives with British titles, lost their titles.

It was in recent years that the Queen changed the family surname from Windsor to Mountbatten-Windsor in order to honor her husband’s Mountbatten heritage. Prince Philip was born a Prince of Greece and Denmark. His mother was born in Buckingham Palace. He voluntarily gave up his royal title before his marriage to then Princess Elizabeth. He was then made HRH Duke of Edinburgh upon marriage, and Prince Philip a few years later.

[Hortensis]

5. What on earth is his staff entering on computer forms these days?

If there was no staff to deal with it, I could see that alone causing him to run back to the royal womb.

[lame54]

6. The Royal formerly known as

[Claire Oh Nette]

7. But he does have four first names...

It's not like he's lacking for names.

He could take Megan's last name, I suppose.

William went by William Wales. THey're the house of Windsor. Can he not just choose a name? Charleson, or Spencer, maybe?

If Harry really wanted to poke the Royal family in the eye, he could simply go by Mountbatten.

[CottonBear]

11. Untitled members of the family, like his son Archie, go by Mountbatten-Windsor. NT

[dalton99a]

8. So it's not Henry Charles Albert WAYNE David

[Klaralven]

10. Since he's in the US, he can use whatever name he wants, so long as there is no criminal intent

[nattyice]

13. I propose going with "Sachs"

[CurtEastPoint]

15. I hear 'Patel' is popular.

[Oldem]

14. Puts him right up there with Cher, Imam, Sting, Madonna, Bone,

Bjork, Cantinflas, Enya, Eminem, Halston, Pink, Kreskin, Teller, Twiggy, Fabio, Topol, Liberace, Prince, Sade, Sinbad, Rihanna, Adele--and, best of all, Charo. Harry has some high standards to meet. Yes, I know that all these people have last names, but I couldn't resist.

[Donkees]

16. Harry Holstein or Glucksburg

Prince Philip, the consort of Queen Elizabeth II, adopted the surname of Mountbatten from his mother's family in 1947, although he is a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg by patrilineal descent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountbatten_family

[jalan48]

17. Silver Spoons?

[blm]

18. Harry Hewitt

[Spider Jerusalem]

20. Newp

Prince Philip c. 1952 and Harry at about the same age:

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[FlyingPiggy]

25. I didn't realize Harry is a spitting image of Prince Phillip.

[bamagal62]

19. It's all rather silly, isn't it?

[Pongo]

21. I thought it was Windsor?

Or maybe Wales? Actually I have no earthly idea.

[LeftInTX]

22. I knew they didn't have last names

But it is interesting, that they used last names n the military etc.

If Harry is in the US, I wonder what name he used for the Census?
(Sorry don't follow closely enough)

Queen Elizabeth signs everything Elizabeth, Regina

[FlyingPiggy]

24. Aren't they all Windsors?

[Poiuyt]

30. That's what I thought too

[Silent3]

27. Doe

Let's just go with "Doe".

[ananda]

29. It's Windsor.

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