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Happy 101st birthday to Prince William and Prince Harry’s British House of Windsor

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth (centre, front), head of the House of Windsor, with Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (second left, front), and his wife Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, (left, front) with some Queen's Young Leaders at a Buckingham Palace reception in June. Photo: Reuters
Britain's Queen Elizabeth (centre, front), head of the House of Windsor, with Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (second left, front), and his wife Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, (left, front) with some Queen's Young Leaders at a Buckingham Palace reception in June. Photo: Reuters
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Royal family led by Queen Elizabeth, which saw Harry marry Meghan Markle in May, changed name from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on August 17, 1917

The royal family tree of Britain's monarchy is quite a thing to behold.

 King George V, the first monarch from Britain's House of Windsor, and his wife Mary of Teck had six children. Four of those offspring proceeded to have children of their own.

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 As a result, well-known royals, such as the children of Prince William and Kate Middleton – the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – four-year-old Prince George of Cambridge and his younger siblings, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, have many less-famous cousins.

The House of Windsor, which celebrated the wedding of Prince Harry to former American actress Meghan Markle – now officially known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex – at Windsor Castle in May, is a relatively young dynasty: it turns 101 years old today.

King George V, a grandson of Queen Victoria, inherited the throne in 1910.

Like his father King Edward VII, he was a member of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The German dynasty was injected into the British monarchy by Albert, Prince Consort, the husband of Queen Victoria.

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