23 Weird Facts The Royal Baby Should Know About Its Family

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Hiya Royal Baby! So, this is your great-great-great-grandfather, George V. He's the one that gave you your surname.

Hiya Royal Baby! So, this is your great-great-great-grandfather, George V. He's the one that gave you your surname.

In 1917, George V changed the family surname to the House of Windsor, from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha due to anti-German public sentiment.

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He might seem a bit stiff, but he's actually got a large red and blue tattoo of a dragon on his right arm.

He might seem a bit stiff, but he's actually got a large red and blue tattoo of a dragon on his right arm.

George V picked up the tattoo while in Japan as a young sailor.

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Both your grandfather, and your great-great Grandfather (George VI, that's him down there) were exceptional sportsmen.

Both your grandfather, and your great-great Grandfather (George VI, that's him down there) were exceptional sportsmen.

They both got into the exclusive Hawks' Club at Cambridge.

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Speaking of Cambridge, don't worry too much about academia.

Speaking of Cambridge, don't worry too much about academia.

Your grandad Prince Charles was the first royal to graduate from Cambridge, and he got a 2:2.

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