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A Brief History of the House of Windsor

The Making of a Modern Monarchy

Michael Paterson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group

Published:21st May '13

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The extraordinary modernisation of an ancient institution, from King George V's proclamation in 1917 to William and Kate in the 21st century.

The British monarchy may be over a thousand years old, but the House of Windsor dates only from 1917, when, in the middle of the First World War that was to see the demise of the major thrones of continental Europe, it rebranded itself from the distinctly Germanic Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the homely and familiar Windsor.

By redefining its loyalties to identify with its people and country rather than the princes, kings and emperors of Europe to whom it was related by birth and marriage, it set the monarchy on the path of adaptation, making itself relevant and allowing it to survive.

Since then, the fine line trodden by the House of Windsor between ancient and modern, grandeur and thrift, splendour and informality, remoteness and accessibility, and influence and neutrality has left it more secure and its appeal more universal today than ever.

ISBN: 9781780338033

Dimensions: 208mm x 167mm x 20mm

Weight: 204g

288 pages