Windsor Castle #2 (1975)

The British royal family took its current surname from Windsor Castle. Queen Victoria was related to the German royal family, and had the surname “Saxe-Coburg Gotha.” That created an embarrassing problem for her grandson during World War I, so King George V wisely decided to assume the very English name of Windsor (derived from the Saxon village of Windlesora, near the site of the castle).

© 2004 by Ted R. Marcus
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