The reign of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha house name only lasted for 16 years: the nine-year reign of King Edward VII and the first seven years of King George V's reign, according to The Royal Family. By 1917, Germany was no longer associated with Christmas trees. Instead, it was linked in the British mind to the horrors of World War I, which Britain entered on August 4, 1914. Public opinion especially turned against Germany when the country began bombing London, according to The Guardian. One attack on June 13, 1917, hit the Upper North Street School in London's East End and killed 18 children. What's more, the bombers behind the raid were known in German as Gotha bombers. Little more than a month later, King George V changed the family name to Windsor.
The king was under additional pressure to distance himself from his German roots because the country's wartime leader Kaiser Wilhelm II was actually his cousin, ThoughtCo. pointed out. In addition to adopting Windsor, the king also anglicized other royal family titles, changing the Duke of Teck to the Marquis of Cambridge, Prince Alexander of Teck to the Earl of Athlone, Prince Louis of Battenberg to the Marquis of Milford Haven, and Prince Alexander of Battenberg to the Marquis of Carisbrooke, according to The Guardian.
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