Philip was/is a Mountbatten, however the family were Saxe-Coburg-Gotha from Queen Victoria's hubby Prince Albert. This was changed to "Windsor" during W.W.I as it sounded "rather German". Queen Victoria remained a Hanover when she married , so I assume Liz <would> have been a Saxe if it were not for the name change. Source: www.royal.gov.uk Regards Dave Originally an Alien ...... > By rights their name should be Battenburg (not sure of spelling) or > Mountbatten. > > Marj --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.319 / Virus Database: 178 - Release Date: 28-Jan-02