<P> The British Royal Family faced a serious problem during the First World War because of its blood ties to the ruling family of Germany , Britain 's prime adversary in the war . Before the war , the British royal family had been known as the House of Saxe - Coburg and Gotha . In 1910 , George V became King on the death of his father , King Edward VII , and remained king throughout the war . He was the first cousin of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II , who came to symbolise all the horrors of the war . Queen Mary , although British like her mother , was the daughter of the Duke of Teck , a descendant of the German Royal House of Württemberg . During the war H.G. Wells wrote about Britain 's `` alien and uninspiring court '' , and George famously replied : `` I may be uninspiring , but I 'll be damned if I 'm alien . '' </P>
<P> The British Royal Family faced a serious problem during the First World War because of its blood ties to the ruling family of Germany , Britain 's prime adversary in the war . Before the war , the British royal family had been known as the House of Saxe - Coburg and Gotha . In 1910 , George V became King on the death of his father , King Edward VII , and remained king throughout the war . He was the first cousin of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II , who came to symbolise all the horrors of the war . Queen Mary , although British like her mother , was the daughter of the Duke of Teck , a descendant of the German Royal House of Württemberg . During the war H.G. Wells wrote about Britain 's `` alien and uninspiring court '' , and George famously replied : `` I may be uninspiring , but I 'll be damned if I 'm alien . '' </P>
who was the queen of britain during ww1
who was the queen of britain during ww1
George V
George V