Windsors

She was one of the judges of the Golden Jubilee poetry competition, and in a poem called The Windsors: An Everyday Story of Royal Folk harmlessly evokes their unreal world by conflating it with that of the Archers.

Archive 2009-05-01 Rus Bowden 2009

Saxe-Gotheburgs aka Windsors, they might start to wonder what right they have to lord over them.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

Thanks for another reminder of how the "Windsors" are not now, nor have they ever been, deserving rulers of this country.

The Guardian World News Christopher Hitchens 2011

You must know that the Zezimas and the Windsors have had a chilly relationship since the Revolution, when an ancestor of mine, John Quincy Zezima, a columnist for the Colonial Advocate, wrote an investigative piece exposing King George's war plans, thus leading to the Empire's defeat.

Jerry Zezima: "Royal Response" Jerry Zezima 2011

Anyone who's looked at the first draft of Prince Harry's best-man speech, of course, may already be ruing the day the Windsors were allowed such a free hand.

This Week: Nick Clegg, Larry the Downing Street cat, Pippa Middleton 2011

Those interested in the affairs of that other family across the ocean, the Windsors, soon to witness the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton, won't find anything documentary-like in Lifetime Television's "William & Kate."

The Loud Family Returns Dorothy Rabinowitz 2011

And so, just over the pond, to a family more powerful than anything the Windsors can contrive as Elisabeth Murdoch, having sold her Shine for £415m, joins brothers James and Lachlan and her old dad, Rupert, on the News Corp board with third wife Wendi and two more little Murdochs hovering in the ante-chamber.

What hope of a peaceful succession in Rupert Murdoch's family? 2011

You must know that the Zezimas and the Windsors have had a chilly relationship since the Revolution, when an ancestor of mine, John Quincy Zezima, a columnist for the Colonial Advocate, wrote an investigative piece exposing King George's war plans, thus leading to the Empire's defeat.

Jerry Zezima: "Royal Response" Jerry Zezima 2011

During World War I, the ties of Victoria's descendants to their German cousin Willy, the Kaiser, became an embarrassment, and the British royals proved adaptable by anglicizing their names: The Saxe-Coburg-Gothas became the Windsors.

Sovereignty and the Pitiless Passage of Time Henrik Bering 2012

However, I do admire the dignity and level-headedness of Diana's son – not to mention his choice of bride – and think the wedding will at least consolidate the Windsors' standing for a generation or two.

Letters: Royal democrat 2011