雅思阅读背景：英国女王姓什么？

英国皇室

Queen Elizabeth II, England's current monarch's last name is Windsor, though the original family name was Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Why did the royal family change their last name? World War One broke out in 1914 and anti-German sentiment was at its height in 1917. In protest, King George V renounced all the German titles belonging to him and his family and adopted the name of his castle, Windsor.

英国现任女王伊莉莎白二世（即英国皇室）的姓氏为温莎，但其原本的家族姓氏为“萨克森-科堡-哥达”（这是一个德国姓氏，当时的德国皇帝和英王乔治五世是表兄弟）。为什么英国皇室要改姓呢？这还得从第一次世界大战说起。1914年，一战爆发，反德情绪在1917年达到了高潮。为了以示抗议，英国国王乔治五世宣布所有与他本人和他家族相关的德国封号都须更改为温莎，即其行宫的名字。

Here's a look at the proclamation:

以下是当时英王乔治五世颁布的诏书：

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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.

从即日起，朕决定更改族姓。今后，朕全家姓温莎，朕的家族就叫‘温莎家族’。我的祖母维多利亚的男姓子孙（已出嫁或将来出嫁的公主除外）今后统统姓温莎。 

The Royal family name of Windsor was confirmed by Queen Elizabeth II after her accession in 1952. However, in 1960, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh decided they wanted their direct descendants to be distinguished from the rest of the Royal family, as Windsor is the surname used by all the male and unmarried female descendants of King George V. Soon thereafter, it was declared that The Queen's descendants would carry the name of Mountbatten-Windsor.

1952年，女王通过了一条法案，规定英国王室后人只能姓温莎。然而在1960年，女王和爱丁堡公爵（即菲利普亲王，女王的丈夫）决定要区别开其直系后代和其他皇室成员，因为温莎这个姓氏只有国王乔治五世的男性子孙和未出嫁的公主可以使用。不久，女王就宣布，其后代可以选择姓蒙巴顿-温莎（因为菲利普亲王的姓是蒙巴顿。据说菲利普亲王曾经自嘲说：“在英国，只有我的儿子不能跟父亲的姓。"）。

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