In the marriage bill of the current sovereign it was stated that his offspring with Maxima are HRH prince(ss) of the Netherlands, prince(ss) of Orange-Nassau. They don't have the Van Amsberg name of their grandfather.
When his cousin HH prince Maurits of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven married the offspring was stuck with the surname Van Lippe-Biesterfeld van Vollenhoven and plain mister or miss. The offspring of his brothers are mister/miss Van Vollenhoven.
There is also a difference in styles between the children of the late Prince Friso and those of Prince Constantijn.
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You are using English/British and Spanish customs as examples, in Dutch Royal history we find another example where the reigning dynasty was not altered in name to the father's house but remained the house of Orange-Nassau. That is how the Dutch lawmakers and the Dutch royals wanted it and have kept it. They are free to do so just like the Romanovs did in Russia, the Grimaldis in Monaco and the Bernadottes will do in Sweden.
Things would not have had to have been "altered" to change the name of the royal house to the father's, it happens on its own. It is because of this reason that decrees were issued explicitly continuing the name 'Orange'... Juliana was born also into the House of Mecklenburg (and bore its titles), Beatrix was born also into the House of Lippe (and bore its titles), and Willem-Alexander was born also into the House of Amsberg. All of those dynastic situations were automatic and applying the designation of Orange/Orange-Nassau necessitated a decree each and every time whereas it was not necessary for Wilhelmina or earlier.
Renewing the Dutch-created name of Orange-Nassau is their prerogative but it doesn't at the same time make these individuals not members of their respective fathers' houses as well.
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