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By *reyya OP Man
over a year ago
North Yorkshire |
I wonder if the royal family will,at some point, ditch the anglicised version (Windsor) of their real surname which is the German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. King George V in approximately the year 1917 when we were at war with Germany adopted the surname Windsor to distance the British royal family from its German roots. No doubt after having a sideways glance at his cousin Tsar Nicholas and his family of Russia who had all been executed by "the people" during the Russian Revolution. I would love to be a fly on the wall when the new younger members of the royal family are given the facts about their family history. About an entire branch of the family shot at point-blank range and their bodies stuffed down a well. |
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"I wonder if the royal family will,at some point, ditch the anglicised version (Windsor) of their real surname which is the German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. King George V in approximately the year 1917 when we were at war with Germany adopted the surname Windsor to distance the British royal family from its German roots. No doubt after having a sideways glance at his cousin Tsar Nicholas and his family of Russia who had all been executed by "the people" during the Russian Revolution. I would love to be a fly on the wall when the new younger members of the royal family are given the facts about their family history. About an entire branch of the family shot at point-blank range and their bodies stuffed down a well. "
Who cares? You can't blame people for the deeds of their dead relatives. Plus I would be sure that their name has been legally changed.
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By *reyya OP Man
over a year ago
North Yorkshire |
"Have you researched your own family history? Do you have all the details of the last 6 generations of your family? "
We here are looking at the Windsor line and not my line which just happens to be Fitzwilliam. |
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"Have you researched your own family history? Do you have all the details of the last 6 generations of your family?
We here are looking at the Windsor line and not my line which just happens to be Fitzwilliam. "
Is your family perfect?  |
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By *reyya OP Man
over a year ago
North Yorkshire |
"Do you agree with having a monarchy?
That question is irrelevant.
The answer would determine my response to your OP
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I am afraid you will have to determine your response on the facts laid before you. |
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By *reyya OP Man
over a year ago
North Yorkshire |
"Do you agree with having a monarchy?
That question is irrelevant.
The answer would determine my response to your OP
The answer woulds actualy add more substance to the comment."
My statement is concise and to the point. |
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By *amissCouple
over a year ago
chelmsford |
"I wonder if the royal family will,at some point, ditch the anglicised version (Windsor) of their real surname which is the German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. King George V in approximately the year 1917 when we were at war with Germany adopted the surname Windsor to distance the British royal family from its German roots. No doubt after having a sideways glance at his cousin Tsar Nicholas and his family of Russia who had all been executed by "the people" during the Russian Revolution. I would love to be a fly on the wall when the new younger members of the royal family are given the facts about their family history. About an entire branch of the family shot at point-blank range and their bodies stuffed down a well. "
No doubt they already know the history of their family, why would they ditch their family name, it won't change anything. |
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By *reyya OP Man
over a year ago
North Yorkshire |
"I wonder if the royal family will,at some point, ditch the anglicised version (Windsor) of their real surname which is the German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. King George V in approximately the year 1917 when we were at war with Germany adopted the surname Windsor to distance the British royal family from its German roots. No doubt after having a sideways glance at his cousin Tsar Nicholas and his family of Russia who had all been executed by "the people" during the Russian Revolution. I would love to be a fly on the wall when the new younger members of the royal family are given the facts about their family history. About an entire branch of the family shot at point-blank range and their bodies stuffed down a well.
No doubt they already know the history of their family, why would they ditch their family name, it won't change anything."
If you had a double-hyphenated Germanic sounding name like Saxe-Coburg-Gotha would you want to change it to Windsor?
Windsor does not quite have a ring to it.
Windsor sounds like a carpet manufacturer from Leeds. |
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By *amissCouple
over a year ago
chelmsford |
"I wonder if the royal family will,at some point, ditch the anglicised version (Windsor) of their real surname which is the German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. King George V in approximately the year 1917 when we were at war with Germany adopted the surname Windsor to distance the British royal family from its German roots. No doubt after having a sideways glance at his cousin Tsar Nicholas and his family of Russia who had all been executed by "the people" during the Russian Revolution. I would love to be a fly on the wall when the new younger members of the royal family are given the facts about their family history. About an entire branch of the family shot at point-blank range and their bodies stuffed down a well.
No doubt they already know the history of their family, why would they ditch their family name, it won't change anything.
If you had a double-hyphenated Germanic sounding name like Saxe-Coburg-Gotha would you want to change it to Windsor?
Windsor does not quite have a ring to it.
Windsor sounds like a carpet manufacturer from Leeds. "
I probably would change it, it's a bit of a mouthful |
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By *amissCouple
over a year ago
chelmsford |
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Windsor does not quite have a ring to it.
Windsor sounds like a carpet manufacturer from Leeds.
Don't you think it sounds like a
suitable name for a castle ?"
It's a great name for a castle |
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"I wonder if the royal family will,at some point, ditch the anglicised version (Windsor) of their real surname which is the German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. King George V in approximately the year 1917 when we were at war with Germany adopted the surname Windsor to distance the British royal family from its German roots. No doubt after having a sideways glance at his cousin Tsar Nicholas and his family of Russia who had all been executed by "the people" during the Russian Revolution. I would love to be a fly on the wall when the new younger members of the royal family are given the facts about their family history. About an entire branch of the family shot at point-blank range and their bodies stuffed down a well.
No doubt they already know the history of their family, why would they ditch their family name, it won't change anything.
If you had a double-hyphenated Germanic sounding name like Saxe-Coburg-Gotha would you want to change it to Windsor?
Windsor does not quite have a ring to it.
Windsor sounds like a carpet manufacturer from Leeds. "
Well with the amount of forenames they all have, surely it's the only way to fit it all on a birth certificate |
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By *rder66Man
over a year ago
Tatooine |
"Do you agree with having a monarchy?
That question is irrelevant.
The answer would determine my response to your OP
The answer woulds actualy add more substance to the comment.
My statement is concise and to the point. "
Would you like to be a fly on the wall because you would enjoy the intter turmoil they would go through because of your dislike of the royals, watch and hope they work through their anguish because you like the royals and hope this makes them stronger or do you have no preference and just want to see what would happen as a social experiment. |
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By *reyya OP Man
over a year ago
North Yorkshire |
"Prince Philip gave DNA so it could be determined if bones found belonged to the murdered Russian royal family. "
I beg to differ. For the sake of clarity. Commoners are murdered. Royalty is executed. |
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"Prince Philip gave DNA so it could be determined if bones found belonged to the murdered Russian royal family.
I beg to differ. For the sake of clarity. Commoners are murdered. Royalty is executed. "
So why do historians refer to the Princes in the towers been murdered...they weren’t commoners |
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By *reyya OP Man
over a year ago
North Yorkshire |
"Prince Philip gave DNA so it could be determined if bones found belonged to the murdered Russian royal family.
I beg to differ. For the sake of clarity. Commoners are murdered. Royalty is executed.
So why do historians refer to the Princes in the towers been murdered...
they weren’t commoners "
Are you saying that their parentage has been clearly established beyond any doubt? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Such a shame they built Windsor Castle under the Heathrow flightpath.
Daft innit, you'd have thought they'd choose somewhere more quiet and secluded  "
they went for the cheap land, tightwads.. |
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She's not referred to as Mrs Windsor very often and I'm sure the money citculates between her on share and off shore tax haven bank accounts OK.
The family know their history I'm sure. But privilege and money are their priority |
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By *amissCouple
over a year ago
chelmsford |
"Why do William and Harry use the surname Wales, not Windsor ?"
Because he is the son of the Prince of Wales. Beatrice and Eugenie have the surname York, daughters of Duke of York, although Eugenie may have changed hers now |
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By *reyya OP Man
over a year ago
North Yorkshire |
Poor Prince Charles must have been ragged terribly at school when being introduced to other boys. Probably something on the lines of "may I introduce Charles Windsor to the class,". Some bright spark would be bound to say "oh, Charlie Windsor don't you have a hyphen?" |
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By *amissCouple
over a year ago
chelmsford |
"Poor Prince Charles must have been ragged terribly at school when being introduced to other boys. Probably something on the lines of "may I introduce Charles Windsor to the class,". Some bright spark would be bound to say "oh, Charlie Windsor don't you have a hyphen?""
I doubt that.. |
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"Why do William and Harry use the surname Wales, not Windsor ?
Because he is the son of the Prince of Wales. Beatrice and Eugenie have the surname York, daughters of Duke of York, although Eugenie may have changed hers now "
Charles' father is the Duke of Edinburgh but he isn't called Charles Edinburgh |
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By *amissCouple
over a year ago
chelmsford |
"Why do William and Harry use the surname Wales, not Windsor ?
Because he is the son of the Prince of Wales. Beatrice and Eugenie have the surname York, daughters of Duke of York, although Eugenie may have changed hers now
Charles' father is the Duke of Edinburgh but he isn't called Charles Edinburgh"
Charles was invested Prince of Wales when he was 21, so he has his own title. |
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"Why do William and Harry use the surname Wales, not Windsor ?
Because he is the son of the Prince of Wales. Beatrice and Eugenie have the surname York, daughters of Duke of York, although Eugenie may have changed hers now
Charles' father is the Duke of Edinburgh but he isn't called Charles Edinburgh"
Because the queen made him prince of Wales, therefore he uses Wales. It shouldn’t be this hard, should it?! |
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Because the queen made him prince of Wales, therefore he uses Wales. It shouldn’t be this hard, should it?!"
Harry Wales son's surname is Mountbatten-Windsor. Unusual not to have the same surname as one of your parents. |
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By *amissCouple
over a year ago
chelmsford |
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Because the queen made him prince of Wales, therefore he uses Wales. It shouldn’t be this hard, should it?!
Harry Wales son's surname is Mountbatten-Windsor. Unusual not to have the same surname as one of your parents. "
That's the Royals for you. |
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By *amissCouple
over a year ago
chelmsford |
"What was Princess Anne's maiden name ?
Mountbatten-Windsor.
Odd for all your children to have different surnames yet the same parents"
Mountbatten is the name Philip took when he naturalised, after his uncle, Louis Mountbatten, hence, Mountbatten-Windsor. |
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By *reyya OP Man
over a year ago
North Yorkshire |
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Because the queen made him prince of Wales, therefore he uses Wales. It shouldn’t be this hard, should it?!
Harry Wales son's surname is Mountbatten-Windsor. Unusual not to have the same surname as one of your parents.
That's the Royals for you. "
It could imply that the surname Mountbatten is more preferable to Windsor. It also may be for a reason that is not currently clear. |
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By *amissCouple
over a year ago
chelmsford |
"Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark just made up the surname Mountbatten when he became British in 1947"
It was from his uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten, his mother's brother,who took him under his wing ,as a young boy. |
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"Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark just made up the surname Mountbatten when he became British in 1947
It was from his uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten, his mother's brother,who took him under his wing ,as a young boy."
But it was really Battenburg. It was Anglicised to Mountbatten |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark just made up the surname Mountbatten when he became British in 1947
It was from his uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten, his mother's brother,who took him under his wing ,as a young boy.
But it was really Battenburg. It was Anglicised to Mountbatten"
I like Battenberg....cake  |
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By *amissCouple
over a year ago
chelmsford |
"Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark just made up the surname Mountbatten when he became British in 1947
It was from his uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten, his mother's brother,who took him under his wing ,as a young boy.
But it was really Battenburg. It was Anglicised to Mountbatten"
Yes |
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By *amissCouple
over a year ago
chelmsford |
"Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark just made up the surname Mountbatten when he became British in 1947
It was from his uncle Lord Louis Mountbatten, his mother's brother,who took him under his wing ,as a young boy.
But it was really Battenburg. It was Anglicised to Mountbatten
I like Battenberg....cake "
I don't like the marzipan on it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I beg to differ. For the sake of clarity. Commoners are murdered. Royalty is executed.
Aren't commoners on Death Row executed ? "
Indeed and Princes in the Tower murdered. |
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If OP, you're trying to imply the british monarchs are not british you are sadly mistaken, The last foreign born monarch was George II, and he died in 1760! that's 261 years ago! all subsequent kings or queens were born here.
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