2. A New Name Accompanying Matrimony

Reason: It is customary in the royal court.
Exception: None
As this list has shown so far, the Royal Family is subject to a number of stringent regulations, especially with regard to matrimony. For instance, when a royal woman marries, she cannot retain her maiden name.

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In the line of succession, women who marry royal men are obligated to inherit their husbands’ titles. In the late 1910s, King George V decided to adopt the royal surname “Windsor,” named after Windsor Castle. And thus it has continued to this day, with ladies who marry into the royal family officially assuming that surname at their wedding.