I hope it is clear that I do not represent myself as never being wrong. However, as the concept that the House of Wettin continues to have an official part in legislating for the federal republic of Germany (as that is the part of my post which you quoted and refer to as wrong) is contrary to my previous understanding, I would appreciate a reference in addition to the bare statement that I am wrong.
ETA: As a reference for my own statement, here is a European Union court ruling noting that titles of nobility, as such, are abolished and their descent, as names, is regulated by "the German Law on personal status".
I don't think JR76 is arguing that the House of Wettin has the power to change the family name laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. In other words, the House of Wettin cannot prevent Xenia from using the surname Prinzessin von Sachsen if the law entitles her to do so. However, his point was that, as an internal and totally private matter, the head of the Royal House can decide whether she is a member of the said house or not regardless of the family name she carries.
The fact that the Royal House is not legally acknowledged by the Republic, except in the form of a family name, doesn't mean that the Royal House is extinct or no longer exists, as most monarchists/legitimists would normally argue.
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