Royals are known for having variable last names—for example, in his 40 years, Prince William has been William Wales (to honor his father’s longstanding Prince of Wales title), William Cambridge (to honor his own Duke of Cambridge title from 2011 to 2022), and is now a Wales again, as he is the Prince of Wales. Throw in Mountbatten-Windsor and it’s all very confusing on the surname front.
Royals are also known for having a whole ton of first names to make up for the often lack of a last name: Take William Arthur Philip Louis, for example, or his younger brother, Prince Henry Charles Albert David (yes, Harry is a nickname). But if the brothers’ father King Charles had his way, The Mirror reports, the two would have totally different monikers.
