{"id":149805,"date":"2025-06-01T15:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T15:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/149805\/"},"modified":"2025-06-01T15:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T15:49:09","slug":"spencer-not-spare-prince-harry-eyes-mother-dianas-maiden-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/149805\/","title":{"rendered":"Spencer, Not Spare: Prince Harry Eyes Mother Diana\u2019s Maiden Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Updated:June 01, 2025, 20:59 IST<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, all descendants of the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are entitled to use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prince Harry has sought advice from maternal uncle to change name\" title=\"Prince Harry has sought advice from maternal uncle to change name\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-837e3872b3b3d76f jsx-1873866496\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry has sought advice from maternal uncle to change name<\/p>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">The UK\u2019s Prince Harry has reportedly sought advice from Princess Diana\u2019s brother, Charles Spencer, regarding changing his family name to Spencer, according to The Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">Prince Harry is exploring the possibility of adopting his mother\u2019s maiden name, which would mean relinquishing his official royal surname, Mountbatten-Windsor, currently used by his children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">Some international media reports also suggest that Prince Harry received counsel from his uncle, who highlighted the symbolic and familial implications of such a change.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">Royal experts interpret Harry\u2019s interest in a name change as a further attempt to distance himself from the royal family.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">Traditionally, all descendants of the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are entitled to use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor, a combination of the royal family name and Prince Philip\u2019s adopted surname.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">\u201cThey had a very amicable conversation and Spencer advised him against taking such a step,&#8221; a friend of Harry told The Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\">The Duke and Duchess of Sussex\u2019s children\u2019s birth certificates list their names as Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor and Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\">Royal biographer Tom Bower has suggested that Meghan Markle sought to emulate Princess Diana. Had the surname change occurred, Meghan\u2019s daughter, who reportedly has met the King only once, would have been named Lilibet Diana Spencer, a more pronounced tribute to Harry\u2019s late mother, as reported by The Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"jsx-837e3872b3b3d76f jsx-1873866496 atbtlink Location\">Location :<\/p>\n<p>United Kingdom (UK)<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"jsx-837e3872b3b3d76f jsx-1873866496 atbtlink fp\">First Published:<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world<\/a>   Spencer, Not Spare: Prince Harry Eyes Mother Diana\u2019s Maiden Name<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Last Updated:June 01, 2025, 20:59 IST Traditionally, all descendants of the late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[64079,447,63831,5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-149805","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-family-name","9":"tag-prince-harry","10":"tag-prince-harry-surname","11":"tag-royal","12":"tag-royal-families","13":"tag-royal-family","14":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114608902302686048","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}