Most people only found out Queen’s real name and occupation when her death certificate was released
Topics: Royal Family, The Queen
Jess Hardiman
Featured Image Credit: Samir Hussein/WireImage/National Records of Scotland
Topics: Royal Family, The Queen
With the release of Netflix show With Love, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex has been keen to stress that she goes by a different surname these days.
One episode saw her joined by The Office star Mindy Kaling, with the pair discussing their favourite fast food takeaways.
"I don't think anyone in the world knows that Meghan Markle has eaten Jack In The Box and loves it,” Mindy said.
But Meghan replied: "It's so funny you keep saying Meghan Markle, you know I'm Sussex now.
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"You have kids and you go 'No, I share my name with my children'.
"I didn't know how meaningful it would be to me but it just means so much to go 'This is OUR family name. Our little family name'."
Yep, it turns out the royals are real people too, so it seems absolutely fair that they’d want to maintain some level of control of their identity.
Many people didn’t even realise what the late Queen’s surname was until she died, when they clocked it on her death certificate.
Elizabeth died in September 2022, sending the nation into a period of mourning.
When her death certificate was released, the district of her death was listed as Aberdeenshire, while the cause was 'old age'.
But there was one detail that left people particularly surprised, with social media users shocked to learn the Queen’s full legal name was Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor.
One user wrote: "Oh wow, I always thought officially the Queen didn't have a last name. So weird to see it on a document like this."
The next detail also stuck out to people, too.
Listed under occupation was simply: "Her Majesty the Queen."
One person joked: "If my occupation doesn't have the word ‘Queen’ in it on my death cert I'll haunt you all."
Another said: "The occupation is sending me."
If you're wondering what that occupation actually entails, the Royal Family website states: "The Queen’s famous red boxes carried the State papers which Her Majesty was presented with every day of her working life.
"Her duties included formally agreeing to make bills into Acts of Parliament, or laws.
"She also had a special relationship with her Prime Ministers, meeting with them on a regular - usually weekly - basis. She was famously able to ‘encourage or warn’ whilst always remaining politically neutral."