when did the royal family adopt the name windsor
in 1917
title: House of Wettin text: son (King Edward VII) or by her grandson (King George V); they were simply Kings of the House of "Saxe-Coburg-Gotha". Severe anti-German sentiment during World War I (1914-1918) led some influential members of the British public quietly to question the loyalty of the royal family, because they had a German or German-sounding name. Advisors to King George V searched for an acceptable surname for the British royal family, but "Wettin" was rejected as "unsuitably comic". An Order in Council legally changed the name of the British royal family to "Windsor" in 1917. For an extensive treatment of the coats of title: House of Windsor text: House of Windsor The House of Windsor is the reigning royal house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The dynasty is of German paternal descent and was originally a branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, itself derived from the House of Wettin, which succeeded the House of Hanover to the British monarchy following the death of Queen Victoria, wife of Albert, Prince Consort. The name was changed from "Saxe-Coburg and Gotha" to the English "Windsor" (from "Windsor Castle") in 1917 because of anti-German sentiment in the British Empire during World War I. There have been title: Elizabeth II text: royal house. The Duke complained, "I am the only man in the country not allowed to give his name to his own children." In 1960, after the death of Queen Mary in 1953 and the resignation of Churchill in 1955, the surname "Mountbatten-Windsor" was adopted for Philip and Elizabeth's male-line descendants who do not carry royal titles. Amid preparations for the coronation, Princess Margaret told her sister she wished to marry Peter Townsend, a divorcé‚ 16 years Margaret's senior, with two sons from his previous marriage. The Queen asked them to wait for a year; in the words of Martin title: Edward Iwi text: two months after Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II, she had declared that the Royal Family would continue to be known as the House and Family of Windsor, as it had been under her father King George VI. This declaration was made on the urging of the then Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, who had long regarded the Duke of Edinburgh's uncle, Lord Louis Mountbatten, whose surname the Duke shared, as a dangerous and subversive rival who had sacrificed India, and he did not want to see that name become the Royal Family's name (although Philip named himself after his grandparents title: Duke of Windsor text: Duke of Windsor The Duke of Windsor was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 8 March 1937, for former King Edward VIII, following his abdication on 11 December 1936. The dukedom takes its name from the town where Windsor Castle, a residence of English monarchs since the time of Henry I, following the Norman Conquest, is situated. Windsor has been the house name of the royal family since 1917. King Edward VIII abdicated on 11 December 1936, so that he could marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson. At the time of the abdication,