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6th June 09, 12:50 PM
#11
 Originally Posted by Deil the Yin
For that matter, now that I think on it more, what is the Royal family's surname- Windsor??? I don't know if I've ever really thought about that? Curious...
The family's original name is not Windsor. It's Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. They took the name Windsor after, I believe Windsor Castle, during the First World War to distance themselves from their German ancestry. In fact, George V, who had the name changed, was the first cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm II. George V's wife, Queen Mary, was also a descendant of the Royal House of Württemberg.
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