saxe -coburg-gotha? i had heard this name before but assumed it must have been changed long ago. however, i just read that it was only changed after the first world war. surely there must have been plenty of anti-monarchy sentiment around when they weren't even british? how popular was the young elizabeth even before she married the greek guy with even more names? obviously, they have had great PR over the years and we are a particularly supine and conservative nation but.....it's ridiculous isn't it? the whole concept of a monarchy surviving to have so much power and influence in the modern era.