![]() Windsor Castle, Vickers said, "runs through the fabric of British history" … much like the family of the Queen he so admires. ![]() The House of Windsor had been the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, until World War I, when King George V decided to distance the family from that German-sounding name, and take one that was more English: Windsor, named and the castle and its town. Vickers said, "In the First World War, the Kaiser was a grandson of Queen Victoria and he's on one side, and George V is also a grandson of Queen Victoria on another side." "Well, I think if you looked back at a lot of families, you might find a lot of sordid details," Vickers said.īut, when you're royal, family politics is geo-politics. On the one hand, he’s widely praised by the public for his ongoing community work and sense of duty. ![]() "When you look back, there were a lot of sordid details," said Doane. King Charles III took the throne after Queen Elizabeths passing in 2022, and is arguably one of the most divisive members of the British Royal Family. The origins of kingship in England can be traced to the second century BC when Celtic and Belgic tribesmen, emigrated from continental Europe and settled in Britain displacing or absorbing the aboriginal inhabitants. ![]() In 10+ centuries, there's plenty of family drama – the "War of the Roses" pitted factions of the family against each other and Henry VIII had six wives – two divorced, two beheaded. Follow the family tree of the Kings and Queens of England, from 871 to the present day. Vickers said, "When the daughter marries, the man gives his name to the house, usually." ![]()
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