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Windsor became the official surname of the British Royal family on 17th July 1917, when King George V issued a proclamation declaring that \u201cThe Name of Windsor is to be borne by His Royal House and Family and Relinquishing the Use of All German Titles and Dignities.\u201d\nThe decision to change the family name came amid strong anti-German feeling following air raids over London, and in particular the bombing of a school in the East End by Gotha bombers - by coincidence, the same name as the royal family.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly discover who was responsible for picking \u2018Windsor\u2019 as the family\u2019s new name; uncover the Royal Albert Hall\u2019s flawed response to the onset of World War One; and reveal the REAL Royal surname\u2026\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018British royal family change their name to Windsor\u2019 (The Guardian, 1917): https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/from-the-archive-blog/2017/jul/17/british-royal-family-windsor-name-change-1917\n\u2022 \u2018Jeremy Paxman: A hundred years of Windsors but still the Queen is partly German (FT, 2017): https://www.ft.com/content/b80a9dde-f1f0-11e6-95ee-f14e55513608\n\u2022 \u2018\u2019The British Royal Family Needed to Seem Less German During WWI\u2019 (Smithsonian Channel, 2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZaOlJajows\n#Royals #WW1 #Germany\xa0\nLove the show? Join\xa0\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\xa0\U0001f334 to DITCH THE ADS and get an additional full-length episode every SUNDAY!\nPlus, get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 70 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast.\nJoin now via\xa0Apple Podcasts\xa0or\xa0Patreon.\xa0Thanks!\n\xa0\nWe'll be back tomorrow!: podfollow.com/Retrospectors\n\xa0\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2023.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices