Gaz wrote:
> 43 Elephants wrote:
>> Baldoni wrote:
>>> Could the heir to the throne marry a non European. Or rather would
>>> he be *allowed* to marry anyone other than a European. Would it be
>>> possible for the heir to the British crown to marry a black person ?
>>
>> Sorry only Krouts and Dagos.
>
> Queen Elizabeth was born in London, her mother was born in London, her
> mothers father was born in London, her mothers mothers was also born
> in london, her father was born in Norfolk, his father was born in
> london and his mother was born in London.
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Windsor
" By virtue of Queen Victoria's marriage to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha, son of Duke Ernst I of the small German duchy of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha, her descendants were members of the ducal family of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha with the house name of Wettin. Victoria's son Edward VII and his son
George V reigned as members of this house.
However, high anti-German feeling among the people during World War I
prompted the Royal Family to abandon all titles held under the German crown
and to change German-sounding titles and house names for English-sounding
versions. On 17 July, 1917, a royal proclamation by George V provided that
all agnatic descendants of Queen Victoria would be members of the House of
Windsor with the personal surname of Windsor. The name Windsor has a long
association with English royalty through the town of Windsor and Windsor
Castle. "
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