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Disagree. Elsewhere on the Royal Website, she is only referred to as Lady Louise Windsor, a few examples are her first official photos [1] and her christening [2]. Most news sources, online, print and televised only tend to say Lady Louise Windsor as well such as BBC, Express, Hello and Independent. People also refer to her as Lady Louise Windsor . The Royal Family tribute to Prince Philip also only credits her as Lady Louise Windsor. I feel Lady Louise Windsor is better for WP:COMMONNAME. TopGiza (talk) 22:05, 18 September 2022 (UTC)Reply
We have Prince Harry even though his real name is Prince Henry. It isn’t common name for Prince Archie or Princess Lilibet, they have never been called by their titles, they’re using their common name. For the likes of Princess Margaret, having their titles saves on large disambiguation pages. TopGiza (talk) 00:52, 19 September 2022 (UTC)Reply
We don’t know what names the children of Prince Harry will commonly use as yet. They are ages 3 and 1. Presumably it will be just Windsor, given its usage by the rest of the family. Bookworm857158367 (talk) 12:56, 19 September 2022 (UTC)Reply
The proposer lists this for a name change because of what the line of succession page on The Royal Family site lists her as, by that standard, we would have to rename the following pages too;
The proposer has also supported that The Earl of Wessex should be renamed to The Earl of Wessex and Forfar, however his name on the official Succession page is simply The Earl of Wessex, which would be contradictory.
The proposer argues People magazine list her as Mountbatten-Windsor, however People list her as Lady Louise Windsor on more occasions. The following all list her as Lady Louise Windsor; [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. Only one lists her as Mountbatten-Windsor; [11]. I still believe her correct title is simply Lady Louise Windsor. TopGiza (talk) 20:32, 19 September 2022 (UTC)Reply
But 1. The Wikipedia titles don’t match the Royal Family source, and 2. Even some of the Wikipedia articles have a different page name from the name on that succession list. The Wikipedia succession list is not a source. TopGiza (talk) 01:44, 20 September 2022 (UTC)Reply
I would very much dispute that their common names are Princess Diana, Camilla Parker Bowles, Meghan Markle or Kate Middleton. In the tabloids and among the ignorant, maybe, but not in reliable media sources. "Common name" doesn't mean "common name used by some bloke down the pub"! It means "common name in reliable sources". -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:33, 21 September 2022 (UTC)Reply
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Windsor (or Mountbatten-Windsor in its full form) is her surname, and that is not affected by whether her father's title is Earl of Wessex or now something else. Sbishop (talk) 17:00, 10 March 2023 (UTC)Reply
Sorry, yes, I meant to include that Edinburgh is her father's title, not her last name. Some British royal kids may use their dad's title designation as their last name for school, so if she did, it would be as Louise Edinburgh, but as Louise doesn't use her royal title, she remains Lady Louise Windsor. Piratesswoop (talk) 03:39, 11 March 2023 (UTC)Reply
Right. As William and Harry were known by their father’s title designation. William and Harry Wales. Their titles when born were Prince [X] of Wales, like the kids now. Just thought she might take on the Edinburgh “surname” like her cousins did with Wales. Been awhile since a Royal has been upgraded to a Dukedom while already having children. She should technically be “HRH Princess Louise of Edinburgh”, but alas that has not come to pass. Thanks! Lady Meg (talk) 07:26, 11 March 2023 (UTC)Reply
Lady Helen Taylor and Lady Davina Windsor are great-granddaughters of a monarch though. I’m aware that other non Royal Dukes children don’t have “of [X]” either. Just thought it was common practice—like Prince Michael of Kent or Prince William of Gloucester. Guess I’m missing the point that she doesn’t use the Princess title so she wouldn’t automatically become “Princes Louise of Edinburgh”. Is this the first time that a daughter of a Duke, that happens to be the son of a monarch, has refused her titles? Does that make sense? I spend a lot of time trying to get these things right. Thanks! Lady Meg (talk) 07:55, 11 March 2023 (UTC)Reply
The source doesn't explicitly say who named the lakes. It says Doer gave their father a couple of parchment scrolls announcing the names, but it doesn't actually say who signed the parchments or whose decision it was. Celia Homeford (talk) 14:21, 16 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Comment: I suspect WP:NAMECHANGES comes into play here, and certainly there are plenty of recent reliable sources using "Mountbatten-Windsor". FWIW, the Palace now refers to her as "Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor", though I'm not sure when this took effect and of course COMMONNAME trumps OFFICIALNAME. If someone can pin down the change, we could make a more informed decision... Rosbif73 (talk) 15:14, 4 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
Oppose: After doing a bit of digging on the Wayback machine, the Palace's succession page changed from "Lady Louise Windsor" to "Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor" some time between May 2010 and December 2010, but this change in official usage has not been systematically followed by reliable sources. Even looking at recent sources, plain "Windsor" is still common. Accordingly, I retract my suggestion that NAMECHANGES comes into play, and now oppose per COMMONNAME. Rosbif73 (talk) 08:15, 6 June 2024 (UTC)Reply
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