Q 01/05

Which German-sounding name did the royal house drop when it became the House of Windsor in 1917?

A) Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

B) Schleswig-Holstein

C) Battenberg

D) Hohenzollern

Answer · why

A) Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was dropped by a royal proclamation on 17 July 1917, to appease anti-German feeling during the First World War.

Q 02/05

Who suggested the name 'Windsor' for the royal house?

A) Winston Churchill

B) Lord Stamfordham

C) David Lloyd George

D) Queen Mary

Answer · why

B) Lord Stamfordham

Lord Stamfordham, George V's private secretary, proposed the name, taken from the Berkshire town and its castle.

Q 03/05

On which Caribbean island did Princess Margaret build a holiday villa on land given to her as a wedding present?

A) Antigua

B) Grenada

C) Mustique

D) St Lucia

Answer · why

C) Mustique

Mustique was Colin Tennant's private island, and the villa she built on his gift of land was called Les Jolies Eaux.

Q 04/05

Which Scottish boarding school did both Prince Philip and his son Charles III attend?

A) Fettes College

B) Gordonstoun

C) Loretto School

D) Glenalmond College

Answer · why

B) Gordonstoun

Gordonstoun, in Moray, was Philip's old school, and Charles reportedly called it 'Colditz in kilts'.

Q 05/05

Before marrying Prince Harry, Meghan Markle played Rachel Zane in which American legal drama?

A) The Good Wife

B) Boston Legal

C) Suits

D) Damages

Answer · why

C) Suits

Suits kept her as Rachel Zane for seven seasons, from 2011 until 2018, the year she married Harry.