THE worst kept secret is......

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The House of Windsor only dates from 1917.

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They had to change it about three-quarters of the way through WW1 after their original name caused offence to the families of the dead and wounded solider's, sailor's and airmen!

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They were originally called Saxe-Cobug and Gotha which was the family name of Prince Albert who was Queen Victoria's consort and when they married in 1840 she took his family name. Their eldest son, Edward, carried this name when he became King in 1901, and his son, George, used it up until 1917 when after a huge public outcry it was deemed to be unpatriotic!!

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warren zevon rip wrote:

> The "Three Kings" TV programme shows it very well through his
> letters of the time.

I didn't see that - he says claiming down as instructed by Mr. Wazza sir!

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warren zevon rip wrote:
>
> You'd like it - all about the Tsar, Kaiser and King George V
> being related, and Georgie letting Nicky perish, so as not to
> provoke a revolution in Blighty.

I knew all that anyway - he says almost comatosed by waives of claimness!