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by __chrismc 4533 days ago
Yes they are. They changed their surname to Windsor after high anti-German sentiment during WW1. [1]

Prior to that they were the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha's.[2]

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Windsor [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha#...