10-18-2009, 08:53 PM
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Avalon Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Kent,England
Posts: 1,267
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Re: The Queen must go because she made a secret pact with Hitler and the Nazis
Yes Saxa-coburg-gotha if i have that right lol!!
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Originally Posted by Vidya Moksha
found this:
The current British royal family is of German descent starting from King George I of Great Britain from 1 August 1714. Born in Germany, at the age of 54, he ascended the British throne as the first monarch of the House of Hanover. His claim to the throne was from his mother, Electress Sophia of Hanover, who was the youngest daughter of Elizabeth Stuart.
I thought it went back even further, i would have guessed 1400 something, but i cant remember..the above is probably accurate.
I know the current lot started using the name Windsor as a PR job to cover their German name whilst the same germanic families were technically at war with britain. they thought windsor sounded very british lol :S
(The Windsor name now used by Queen Elizabeth II and other British royals only dates back to 1917. Before that the British royal family bore the German name Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha in German). )
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