the son of the duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. As you might imagine, this German surname was a bad look for the British during World War I. So the royals changed it to Windsor (or some variant of it).

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In 1917, when King George V had been on the throne for seven years, he decided to change the house name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor. He made the switch because of anti-German sentiments ...