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1 year agoCharles III to address German parliament on first state visit
Here is an overview of the Windsors' deep German roots.READ ALSO: Germany rolls out red carpet for Charles III's first foreign visit House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha If not for World War I, the British royal family would still go by a German name.The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha stemmed from the marriage in 1840 of Queen Victoria to Albert, the scion of a modest royal dynasty from northeastern Bavaria.