Uh oh. DNA says the Queen is a usuper!

[GA Russell]

The republicans of Ontario enjoy writing letters to the editor of the Globe & Mail in which they refer to the Queen as "Betty Windsor."

Well now comes a DNA study of the remains of Richard III that says that somebody committed adultery, and strongly suggests that the Windsors are therefore usurpers.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/questions-raised-over-queen%E2%80%99s-ancestry-after-dna-test-on-richard-iii%E2%80%99s-cousins/ar-BBgePqi?ocid=ansguardian11

[erwbol]

Does Canada pick up a part of Betty's welfare tab? Otherwise they would be right to call her scrounger.

[Brad]

As the article points out, the present line is descended from Hanover, Germany. They are the Saxe-Coburgs, not exactly a British name. Because of its Germanic name, it was changed to Windsor at some point.

The mother of Queen Victoria, also named Queen Victoria, was a Saxe-Coburg and when her sister-in-law Princess Charlotte of Wales died, resulting in a succession crisis in the English monarchy, Victoria married the Duke of Kent (son of George III), third in line to the throne and their child became the Queen of England; the other two sons having no heirs.

Queen Victoria also married a Saxe-Coburg, Prince Albert, so they are German through and through.

Not necessarily relevant to the point but let's not forget that Wilhelm II was Victoria's grandson and the Tsar was related to the Queen as well, both of whose monarchies were washed away by WW I.

Edited December 3, 2014 by Brad

[JSngry]

[miles65]

As the article points out, the present line is descended from Hanover, Germany. They are the Saxe-Coburgs, not exactly a British name. Because of its Germanic name, it was changed to Windsor at some point.

The mother of Queen Victoria, also named Queen Victoria, was a Saxe-Coburg and when her sister-in-law Princess Charlotte of Wales died, resulting in a succession crisis in the English monarchy, Victoria married the Duke of Kent (son of George III), third in line to the throne and their child became the Queen of England; the other two sons having no heirs.

Queen Victoria also married a Saxe-Coburg, Prince Albert, so they are German through and through.

Not necessarily relevant to the point but let's not forget that Wilhelm II was Victoria's grandson and the Tsar was related to the Queen as well, both of whose monarchies were washed away by WW I.

It became Windsor during WW I. In the same time Battenberg became Mountbatten.

[Brad]

As the article points out, the present line is descended from Hanover, Germany. They are the Saxe-Coburgs, not exactly a British name. Because of its Germanic name, it was changed to Windsor at some point.

The mother of Queen Victoria, also named Queen Victoria, was a Saxe-Coburg and when her sister-in-law Princess Charlotte of Wales died, resulting in a succession crisis in the English monarchy, Victoria married the Duke of Kent (son of George III), third in line to the throne and their child became the Queen of England; the other two sons having no heirs.

Queen Victoria also married a Saxe-Coburg, Prince Albert, so they are German through and through.

Not necessarily relevant to the point but let's not forget that Wilhelm II was Victoria's grandson and the Tsar was related to the Queen as well, both of whose monarchies were washed away by WW I.

It became Windsor during WW I. In the same time Battenberg became Mountbatten.

I had thought that was the case but wasn't completely sure. Obviously, it wouldn't do have a German name during WW I.

The relationship that Wilhelm had with his grandmother but especially his Uncle, King Edward VII, was a complicated one and in the case of his Uncle not a very good one and Wilhelm gets a good share of the blame for that. Who knows what Wilhelm's temperament would have been like had he not been born with a withered arm.