British Windsor Royal Family: The German History Erase 1917

Cartoon“A Good Riddance” by Leonard Raven-Hill

 King George V sweeping away any connection with Germany

As a result of the WWs, the historical Germanic links of the Royal British names "Saxe-Coburg and Gotha" could no longer be used. An overthrow of King George’s cousin Nicholas in Russia also caused wider concern. King George during the wars officially changed his Family history, relinquishing all titles that shown the Royal British to be under German descent. In order to ensure that the British Royal Family continued to be viewed as a preserved family-blood line, and to renounce all Titles from the German Monarch, it was issued on the 17th of  July 1917, announcing a new British Royal name - The Noble name of Windsor.

Proclamation by King George

"Now, therefore, We, out of Our Royal Will and Authority, do hereby declare and announce that as from the date of this Our Royal Proclamation Our House and Family shall be styled and known as the House and Family of Windsor, and that all the descendants in the male line of Our said Grandmother Queen Victoria who are subjects of these Realms, other than female descendants who may marry or may have married, shall bear the said Name of Windsor: And do hereby declare and announce that We for Ourselves and for and behalf of Our descendants and all other the descendants of Our said Grandmother Queen Victoria who are subjects of these Realms, relinquish and enjoin the discontinuance of the use of the Degrees, Styles, Dignities, Titles and Honours of Dukes and Duchesses of Saxony and Princes and Princesses of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and all other German Degrees, Styles, Dignities, Titles, Honours and Appellations to Us or to then heretofore belonging or appertaining"

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