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To: Thurifer the Censer

The family name of the British royal family is Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, after Queen Victoria’s husband Albert. Victoria was a Hanover. The family began calling themselves Windsor during the First World War because it sounds less German.


10 posted on 04/29/2011 1:49:29 PM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: SeeSharp

Again, not the case.

The family name of Queen Elizabeth, is that of the House of Guelph.

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is a cadet branch of the house of Guelph-Este.


39 posted on 04/29/2011 2:31:57 PM PDT by BenKenobi (Replied Henny Penny, "The sky is falling, and we must go to tell the king.")
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