文档介绍：英国女王姓什么?
英国女王姓什么?
英国皇室都有哪些主要成员?伊利莎白二世,查尔斯王子,威廉王子,哈里王子,那么这些都是他们的名字,他们到底姓什么呢?女王的后代是随父姓还是随母姓?
Queen Elizabeth II, England's current monarch's last name is Windsor, though the original family name was Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Why did the royal family change their last name? World War One broke out in 1914 and anti-German sentiment was at its height in 1917. In protest, King e V renounced all the German titles belonging to him and his family and adopted the name of his castle, Windsor.
英国现任女王伊莉莎白二世(即英国皇室)的姓氏为温莎,但其原本的家族姓氏为“萨克森-科堡-哥达”(这是一个德国姓氏,当时的德国皇帝和英王乔治五世是表兄弟)。为什么英国皇室要改姓呢?这还得从第一次世界大战说起。1914年,一战爆发,反德情绪在1917年达到了高潮。为了以示抗议,英国国王乔治五世宣布所有与他本人和他家族相关的德国封号都须更改为温莎,即其行宫的名字。
Here's a look at the proclamation:
以下是当时英王乔治五世颁布的诏书:
From the date of this Our Royal Proclamation Our House and Family shall be styled and known as the House and Family of Windsor, and that all the descendants in the male line of Our said Grandmother Queen Victoria who are subjects of these Realms, other than female descendants who may marry or may have married, shall bear the said Name of Windsor.
从即日起,朕决定更改族姓。今后,朕全家姓温莎,朕的家族就叫‘温莎家族’。我的祖母维多利亚的男姓子孙(已出嫁或将来出嫁的公主除外)今后统统姓温莎。
The Royal family name of Windsor was confirmed by Queen Elizabeth II after her accession in 1952. However, in 1960, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh decided they wanted their direct descendants to be distinguished from the rest of the Royal fam