Wednesday, July 17, 2024

The Vanishing Germans

On July 17, 1917, during the third year of World War I, Britain's King George V orders the British royal family to dispense with the use of German titles and surnames, changing the surname of his own family, the decidedly Germanic Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, to Windsor. Pictured is George V dressing up his pug as Queen Victoria.

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