They did indeed change the house name of the royal family to Windsor to sound more British - but this was not in WWII, it was WWI, in 1917 to be exact. Until then, the house name was Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (from Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria). But when the German air force started using a bomber called the Gotha IV, that really was embarrassing! In fact until then the royal family didn't have a surname, but the wording of King George V's Royal Proclamation made Windsor into its surname as well as its house name. Nobody is quite sure if that was intentional. But it certainly was the intention to name themselves after their favourite home.
That's still true - the current royal family prefers Windsor Castle to Buckingham Palace - in fact there hasn't been any British monarch who has really liked Buckingham Palace. But it's in a convenient place in London and the Queen always goes to Windsor for weekends. It's not far to go to Windsor and if you ever visit London, it's an easy day trip out by train to see the castle, Windsor itself as a typical small English town, maybe picnic in the Great Park. Once you're in Windsor, you hardly need directions to the castle. The round tower is obvious so just walk towards it!
The castle is of course named after the town, which in Old English was called Windles-ore, meaning "winch by the riverside". Why winch, nobody knows, but it certainly is beside the River Thames. By the 11th century it was called Windlesora, and over the years this has become Windsor. If there is any earlier name for the place, there is no record of what it is.
The castle is named for the town. The town of Windsor (and the village of Windsor in Dorset plus two villages called Winsor in Hampshire and Devon) all probably got their names because they were the sites of quays on rivers, named from the Old English 'windels' (a windlass, derrick or small hand-operated crane) and 'ora' (river bank).
In those days, such structures were unusual enough to become the place name, rather as Ironbridge in Shropshire got it's name because it had at the time the only iron bridge in the country.
The village of Old Windsor, just over 2 miles (3 km) to the south, predates what is now called Windsor by around 300 years; in the past Windsor was formally referred to as New Windsor to distinguish the two.[1]
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Windsor castle is name Windsor Castle,because it is sited in the town of Windsor.
There has been a royal "castle" here of some sort for nearly 1000 years.
The Royal Family "changed" their name in 1917,
They picked the name Windsor,because of its very long connection.
Most Royal residences are named after their situation (Balmoral etc)
A castle that stands in the town of Windsor
http://www.windsor-berkshire.co.uk/histo...
The Royal family changed their name due to WWI not WW2.
The castle obviously gets it's name from the town.
It's obvious you are too lazy to look this up all by yourself.
I don't know why they chose that name but I'm pretty sure that it goes back farther. Maybe it was changed after WWI and not II.
I don't know why they chose that name but I'm pretty sure that it goes back farther. Maybe it was changed after WWI and not II.
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