The family became the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha after Queen Victoria married Prince Albert, who was German, so the name did have German roots. The addition of Prince Philip to the family ...

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During the war, the Royal Family changed its surname from 'Saxe-Coburg-Gotha' to 'Windsor ... in case he was captured by the German Army. Prince Albert (later King George VI) served in the ...