The principles George, Charlotte and Louis, who do not use real height titles at school: that’s why why

THE Principi George, Charlotte and Louis have returned to school. End up the summer holidays, the three children of William And Kate Middleton On Wednesday 3 September the gates of the Lambrook School, located a short distance from Windsor, where they do not use real height titles but are known with the simple surname Wales. A surname linked to the title of their parents, namely Prince and Princess of Wales.

George, Charlotte and Louis at birth have received, in addition to the title of prince and princess, that of real height. But calling them to school in a more informal way, using their name and their surname in place of Pomposi titles, is the best choice to allow them to integrate with the other students. On the other hand William and Kate have always considered school as a private area, a place where their children can grow in an atmosphere as “normal” as possible and without pressure. So they opted for the easiest Wales surname, in honor of their noble title. A choice that is now a family tradition. Also William and Harry, when they went to school, used the surname Wales. Because Dad Charles III, at the time, was the prince of Wales.

George, 12 years old, Charlotte, 10, and Louis, 7, they have not always used the surname Wales in the classroom. When William and Kate married in 2011, Queen Elizabeth appointed them Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The children of the couple, therefore, Previously at school they were called with the surname Cambridge. And in fact in September 2017, when George launched the gates of his first school, the St. Thomas’s Battersaon the plate of his backpack was written “George Cambridge». The future king and his brothers they adopted the new surname Wales only in 2022when, with the rise to the throne of King Carlo, William became the prince of Wales.

Surnames are a rather complex matter within the British royal family. In 1960, the Regina Elisabetta and Prince Filippo they decided that their direct descendants would use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor (the royal couple added “Mountbatten” to the official surname of the British Royal Family, Windsor, adopted by King Giorgio V in 1917). However, in subsequent generations, it has become customary that children with real titles have surnames inspired by parents’ titles. And in fact the Princesses Beatrice and Eugeniadaughters of Andrea, Duke of York, use York as a surname.