it would seem that some would remain ignorant,
where I will illuminate your lords and masters .. aia chooses to vote for number 1 option ..
How the Royal family became British
1701
Catholics are banned from the throne
The protestant King William III has no direct heirs, and his crown could soon pass to a Catholic. To prevent this, Parliament passes the Act of Settlement, locking them out of the succession.
1714
George I becomes King
William's sister-in-law Queen Anne dies without children. The crown skips over 56 of her close Catholic relations to rest on George Ludwig, ruler of the German state of Hanover. He speaks very little English and relies on his ministers to run Britain for him.
1761
The Georges go native
George III takes the throne. He is still a Hanoverian, but unlike his father and grandfather he was born in London and speaks English as a first language.
1819
Queen Victoria is born
A succession crisis prompts George III's fourth son Edward to marry the princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Their daughter, Victoria, will end up Queen - and marry her German cousin Albert.
1917
The family renounces its German roots
Victoria's line continues as the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. But the First World War - and the Russian revolution - call for a royal rebrand. George V renames it the House of Windsor.
1947
Elizabeth marries Prince Philip
Philip is a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg. But, with the Second World War fresh in Britain's memory, he abandons these titles before his marriage.
1952
Long live the Windsors
As Philip's wife, the just-crowned Queen Elizabeth should theoretically adopt his name - Mountbatten. Instead, on the advice of Winston Churchill, she proclaims the continuation of the House of Windsor. It still bears that name today.