Re: 1917 name change

In article <f2qrmb$knv$1@xxxxxxxx>,
"Katipo" <h.laughland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Ms Smith" <pleyland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've read that George V in 1917 decreed that all male line descendets
of Queen Victoria should bear thew surname Windsor, which of course at
that time meant himself and his sons; his uncle Arthur and cousin
Arthur and infant Alistair..........and of course his uncle Leopold's
family. So where the latter stand as regards this decree ? Surely he
did not expect Prince Charles Edward and his sons to adopt the name
Windsor, although that is what his decree said if taken literally.Ms
Smith


Who is/was Prince Charles Edward??

At the time of the decree (1917), he was the reigning Duke of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the dynasty of which George V was a junior member.

The decree, which purported to alter the titles of several Saxe-Coburg
dynasts, was not issued by the Head of the Saxe-Coburg House, and as
such was invalid. It may have some validity in foreign lands, such as
Britain, but not elsewhere.
.

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