She may well have been born in Britian, however the current royal family is of german decent, originally from the german house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) - an offshoot of the House of Wettin, a 1000 year old German dynasty who ruled Saxony from the 900's A.D. They also held at various times the Kingships of Poland, Portugal, Bulgaria and Belgium. The Royal family only officially adopted the name "Windsor" in 1917 in light of the strong anti german feelings in the British Empire and public questioning of the loyalty of the royal family with their german sounding name. This was all bought to a head when a german heavy aircraft called Gotha G.IV started to directly bomb London. The fact this enemy airfcraft coincidently bore part of the "British" royal family's name finaly convinced King George V to change the family name and abandon all titles the "British" wing of the german house held under the german crown. (incidently Kaiser Wilhelm, the emperor of Germany at the time was the King George V's cousin, and nephew of Queen Victoria...)
It was Queen Victoria who originally changed the royal family's name to the name of her consort and husband Prince Albert, his family name was Sachsen-Coburg...
However, the german rulers of britain came before the Sachsen-Coburg family, in the form of Queen Victorias ancestor King George I, who was of the Hanover family. This King detested the English and spent as little time as possible in his kingdom and refused to learn english...
And now onto Phil the Greek...
The Duke of Edinburgh was born in Corfu to Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. The Danish and Greek royal family. His family were exiled and he was educated in the UK and Germany before serving in the Royal Navy after his grandfather, Prince Louis of Battenberg who had become a british citizen, renounced all his german titles and adopted the name Mountbatten. The Duke himself is on record as stating that he considers himself to be Scandinavian, particularly Danish.
And there we have it, a brief history of the last few hundred years of the German, sorry, I mean British Royal family...
Oh, and fuck the government! Bunch of liars, cheaters and thieves! Unfortunately this seems to be a prequisite to being a politician...
It was Queen Victoria who originally changed the royal family's name to the name of her consort and husband Prince Albert, his family name was Sachsen-Coburg...
However, the german rulers of britain came before the Sachsen-Coburg family, in the form of Queen Victorias ancestor King George I, who was of the Hanover family. This King detested the English and spent as little time as possible in his kingdom and refused to learn english...
And now onto Phil the Greek...
The Duke of Edinburgh was born in Corfu to Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. The Danish and Greek royal family. His family were exiled and he was educated in the UK and Germany before serving in the Royal Navy after his grandfather, Prince Louis of Battenberg who had become a british citizen, renounced all his german titles and adopted the name Mountbatten. The Duke himself is on record as stating that he considers himself to be Scandinavian, particularly Danish.
And there we have it, a brief history of the last few hundred years of the German, sorry, I mean British Royal family...
Oh, and fuck the government! Bunch of liars, cheaters and thieves! Unfortunately this seems to be a prequisite to being a politician...
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