After all, World War I was in progress, and hence hostile anti-German sentiment prevailed. As such, King George V was obliged to change the house name of the reigning dynasty from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor. He also stripped all his Coburg and Hanoverian cousins of their British royal titles, and made his Teck and Battenberg cousins trade away their German morganaut princely titles for British peerages or noble titles. Hence, the demotion of HSH Princess Louise of Battenberg to Lady Louise Mountbatten.
What are other comparable situations, in Great Britain or elsewhere?
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