The House of Windsor is the current Royal House of the United Kingdom and each of the other Commonwealth realms. The royal house was created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha by George V by a royal proclamation in 1917. The House of Windsor is the only dynasty to have ruled over lands on all continents of the world simultaneously.
Charles Prince of Wales (Welsh: Tywysog Cymru) is a title traditionally granted to the Heir Apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom (and formerly the Kingdom of Great Britain and before that the Kingdom of England). The current Prince of Wales is Prince Charles, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II.
Prince Charles was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester by Letters Patent on 26 July 1958, though his actual investiture did not take place until 1 July 1969.
Conclusion a German blooded Royal family gets their eldest son to become Prince of Wales, seems very medieval.
The real stitch up!
1 year ago
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The present sovereign is less than half German since her mother was Scot. Which makes her more Scottish than English. In fact there has not been an "English" king since 1066 with Harold Godwinson, and he was elected! Go figure that one Andrew!
The Saxons (Latin: Saxones) or modern day English were a confederation of Old Germanic tribes. Their modern-day descendants in Lower Saxony and Westphalia and other German states are considered ethnic Germans (the State of Sachsen is not inhabited by ethnic Saxons;
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