Overview
- Buckingham Palace’s announcement removing Andrew’s princely style listed him as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor without a hyphen, a form understood to match his preference.
- The Times and the Daily Mail report the Palace is considering adding the hyphen and may use Mountbatten-Windsor in future references, citing unnamed royal sources.
- Queen Elizabeth II’s 1960 privy council declaration states that descendants without royal styles shall bear the name Mountbatten-Windsor.
- Official records have used the hyphenated form, including Princess Anne’s 1973 marriage certificate and Archie Harrison’s 2019 birth certificate.
- Historians expressed surprise at the hyphenless styling and argue precedent points to Mountbatten-Windsor, though hyphen use in double-barrelled surnames can vary in other contexts.