Coburg (dpa / lby) – The city of Coburg shows its sympathy for the death of Queen Elizabeth II with mourning flags. “It is a sad day for the British royal family and the British people. In Coburg, a great deal of sympathy can also be felt. For around 200 years City and city society are closely linked to the House of Windsor through the ducal family. My heartfelt condolences go to the bereaved,” said Mayor Dominik Sauerteig (SPD) on Friday. From Monday (September 12) a joint book of condolences from the city and the ducal family will be laid out in the town hall.
Coburg is the hometown of Prince Albert, the Queen’s great-great-grandfather. He married the British Queen Victoria in 1840, so the royal house was called “Saxe-Coburg and Gotha”, which became problematic in the First World War. Elizabeth II’s grandfather, George V, changed the royals’ family name to “Windsor”. However, the British royal family hardly maintained ties to Germany because of the temporary proximity of the Coburg ducal family to the National Socialists.
