60 years ago, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issued an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name Mountbatten-Windsor

On 8 February, 1960, the Queen Elizabeth II of England used the special royal instrument called Order-in-Council which decreed that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name Mountbatten-Windsor.