House of Windsor
In 1917, the name of the royal house was changed from the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the English Windsor. In 1947, Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Soon in 1952, it was observed that because it was the standard practice for the wife of a royal to adopt her husband’s surname, the house had become the House Of Windsor.
About House of Windsor in brief
The House of Windsor is the reigning royal house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The current head of the house is monarch of sixteen sovereign states. In 1917, the name of the royal house was changed from the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the English Windsor. The name had a long association with monarchy in Britain, through the town of Windsor, Berkshire, and Windsor Castle. In 1947, Princess Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten, a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Soon in 1952, it was observed that because it was the standard practice for the wife of a royal to adopt her husband’s surname, the house had become the House Of Windsor. In April 1952, the Queen officially declared that the royal family was to remain known as the House and Family of Windsor and that all British descendants of Victoria and Albert in the male line were to bear the name Windsor, except for women who married into other families.
This did officially happen on 9 April 1952. There have been four British monarchs of theHouse of Windsor since then: George V, Edward VIII, George VI, and Elizabeth II. There are also three Crown dependencies, fourteen British Overseas Territories and two associated states of New Zealand. These are the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Belize.
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