8 Things You Don’t Know About Queen Elizabeth II

[Ahsan Butt]

I was astonished to learn that Queen Elizabeth II doesn't have a passport...

 

[Dubious]

I was astonished to learn that Queen Elizabeth II doesn't have a passport...

lolz she still owns the world I guess

 

[jhungary]

I was astonished to learn that Queen Elizabeth II doesn't have a passport...

think I explained a few years ago...

All British passport were issued under the name of the toyal reign, thats the queen now, so if they were all issued under the name of the HM the Queen, then why do the queen her self need one?

 

[Dubious]

Actually this is more interesting:

The House of Windsor

It was founded by King George V by royal proclamation on 17 July 1917, when he changed the name of the British Royal Family from the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (a branch of the House of Wettin) to the English Windsor, due to the anti-German sentiment in the British Empire during World War I.

Edward VII and, in turn, his son, George V, were members of the German ducal House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha by virtue of their descent from Albert, Prince Consort, husband of Queen Victoria. High anti-German sentiment amongst the people of the British Empire during World War I reached a peak in March 1917, when the Gotha G.IV, a heavy aircraft capable of crossing the English Channel, began bombing London directly and became a household name. In the same year, on 15 March, King George's first cousin, Nicholas II, the Emperor of Russia, was forced to abdicate, which raised the spectre of the eventual abolition of all the monarchies in Europe. The King and his family were finally convinced to abandon all titles held under the German Crown and to change German titles and house names to anglicised versions. Hence, on 17 July 1917, a royal proclamation issued by George V declared:


Now, therefore, We, out of Our Royal Will and Authority, do hereby declare and announce that as from the date of this Our Royal Proclamation Our House and Family shall be styled and known as the House and Family of Windsor, and that all the descendants in the male line of Our said Grandmother Queen Victoria who are subjects of these Realms, other than female descendants who may marry or may have married, shall bear the said Name of Windsor...