"Of course it was Edward VII rather than his son George V who changed the family name to Windsor. Fallout from First World War."
No, it was George V. Edward VII died in 1910, before WWI started.
Yeah, I know. It's late and I was too quick with the self-doubt and on the trigger finger. Shoulda let it stand. (That's how I mess up on exams too -- second thoughts are usually wrong!) There was a certain amount of anti-German sentiment before the war started, but it was indeed George who pulled the plug on "Wettin".
I think it was the Kaiser who quipped that he was going to the theater to see the "Merry Wives of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha".