The reason why Windsor Castle has become the permanent residence of the current queen has a story to tell about the establishment of the Windsor dynasty. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Queen Elizabeth II's grandfather, King George V of England, was the founder of the family. His paternal ancestors were the Wettin family in Germany, and one branch was divided into the Duchy of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha, which is now Thuringia, Germany. At the same time, over the years, several Waitin princes have been married or elected kings of many countries, such as Portugal, Belgium and Bulgaria, and their influence is very strong.

On 10 February 1840, Queen Victoria married her cousin, Prince Albert of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, bringing the German surname into the British royal family. On 22 January 1901, Queen Victoria died and her eldest son succeeded to the throne as Edward VII, thus becoming the monarch of the German principality.

George V was his son and became the new King of the United Kingdom on 6 May 1910, following his father's death.

Then the question arises.

Who started the First World War?

Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Are William II and George V related?

If it weren't for the presence of such a cousin of the German emperor, Queen Victoria's grandson, King George V, would not have been criticized by the country, let alone have to change his ancestral surname in humiliation. Initially, he was surprised and saddened by the rumors, but he also acknowledged that European royal families did not exist in isolation, that there were complicated marriages, and that his family name and some of his kin's titles did not sound so "British". It's fine in normal times, but during World War I, it was worse than anything else.

Fortunately, he was still a wise man, and finally decided to comply with public opinion, and in 1917, the third year of the First World War, he made a formal and solemn statement: the British royal family would adopt "Windsor" as the family's new surname. It is suspected that the name Windsor came from Windsor Castle, which is rumored to have been laid by King William I the Conqueror, one of the oldest royal palaces in Britain.

Named after a thousand-year-old castle, it is natural for family members to settle here, and with an area of 480,000 square feet, it is easily the largest inhabited castle in the world today.

It is home to countless treasures from the British royal family, including works by Leonardo da Vinci, Rubens, Rembrandt and others, not to mention furniture and ornaments that have been passed down from the Middle Ages. So, it's not an exaggeration to say that every room here is a small art room.

That's how Alice arrived, and although she had been studying at Eton College across the street for a whole year, she had never visited the castle. Every year, visitors from all over the world flock to Windsor Castle to linger in its open area. And she, as a "local", mixed up with the castle does not exist, can really be said to be in response to the old adage.

The so-called tourism is to start from the place where you are tired of living and go to a place where others are tired of living for a while.

Everywhere in the castle, you can see people working for the royal family, soldiers in English jackets standing guard and patrolling, maids dressed like Alyssa Rofeld, but with different necklines. The attendant wore a white shirt and walked up and down the stairs with silverware. Alice watched with interest as she followed Alyssa through the lavishly decorated corridors, and finally in an office, she saw an old woman waiting for her.

The housekeeper introduced, "Your Majesty, this is Alice-King. ”

Queen Elizabeth II, dressed in a pink coat, is still in her sixties this year, and her hair is all white, but she is not at all as old as Alice is more familiar with. The old man, who had made the British people ignore the holding of the Olympics and concentrate on celebrating his 90th birthday, was now standing up from behind his desk gracefully and elegantly, and walked forward.

"Hello, Her Majesty. ”

Alice twisted the corners of her skirt and made a standard lady's salute: "It's an honor to meet you." ”

"It's an honor to meet you, Alice. ”

The queen looked at Alice with a gentle smile on her face, then looked at her housekeeper and said, "Alyssa, can you pour a cup of mellow black tea for me, an old man?"

The inflected Oxford accent is far from the London accent of the working class, and it is very comforting to hear.

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

Alyssa immediately exited the room, and then the queen looked at Alice again and said, "Sit down, child, don't be too informal, just be in your own home." ”

I deeply doubt that.

Hiding that sentence in her heart, Alice nodded: "The decoration of Windsor Palace is really exquisite, it is worthy of being a thousand-year-old castle that has been frequently settled by successive British kings, and you can experience a precipitation of history and culture everywhere." ”

When they were both seated in the reception area, the queen nodded, "Your Eton accent is good, and as far as I know, you came here from the United States with three good sisters?"

"Exactly. Maiya had graduated, Ashley was a year older than me, and Sissi was at the same level as me. After all, Alice was not interested in continuing to chat with Elizabeth, she was not Harry Potter, and the other party was not Dumbledore: "Your Majesty, did you suddenly ask me to come over, is there any special circumstance......? Aliens are attacking?"

"Oh, nothing to do with aliens, just with you, Alice. The old man was amused by the girl's words, and at the same time, the housekeeper also walked into the room with fragrant black tea. One cup for one, plus a teapot, and then she left quietly, just as she had come quietly.

Afterwards, the two of them tasted the tea first, and under Alice's count, the next minute and thirty-seven seconds were used by the queen to evaluate the taste of the cup of tea and the origin of the tea. And sure enough, as the so-called Qimen black tea, the queen who turned left and right finally stepped into the theme a little bit in the second minute.

"Alice, I heard that you have invested in Chinese mainland and set up a clothing company. This has nothing to do with your career in the U.S., is it because you want to go back to your hometown?"

Alice couldn't figure out what the queen was planning, so she could only follow the topic: "I don't have any national tendencies in investment." Wherever there is a market, where there is money, I will go there to make a profit...... Yes. ”

Looking at the corners of the queen's mouth, but there was no smile in her eyes, she could be considered to come back to her senses: "Ah, yes, Your Majesty, the British stock market has not been very good recently......"

A cold sweat broke out.

The UK stock market is not doing well?

Not only is it not good, the month of the "87 stock market crash" has just passed!

The stock market, which has plummeted by more than 25 percent throughout the month, is Alice studying in the country at this time, so how can it not be fun?

Then the question arises: can he hide the queen who lives on the other side of the river from his non-stop tens of millions of short sales?

"Take it easy, kid, take it easy. ”

The queen still looked unhurried, but when she stood up slightly to pour tea for herself, the corners of her eyes just drooped, and her expression didn't look like happiness: "Taking advantage of the stock market crash, using short selling to arbitrage is something that many people will do in investment companies, but this time the stock market crash does have too much impact." A global catastrophe has led investors to speculate on a global scale, and what you do is normal. ”

Alice is not stupid either, and she came back to her senses after a moment of surprise. Obviously, the queen would summon her for this matter, but not for the sake of rejuvenation. She is not Elizabeth's student, and the other party is not really Professor Dumbledore, after the child makes a mistake, the elder teaches this kind of thing, which one can they have to do with it?

However, women have always been willing to embarrass women, and since they dragged her over, what would they be for?

"So Alice, I'm really a little curious right now. ”

When she said this, the queen even poured a cup of tea for Alice herself, but fortunately, someone reacted in time, held the cup steadily and said thank you in time: "It's been more than a month since that Black Monday, how much have you gained?"

Is it a test of her investment ability?

Alice only felt a flash of inspiration, and in an instant, it seemed that the sky was no longer dark (there were snowflakes floating outside the window), the sun was even brighter (the clear sky would not snow), and even Forrest Gump could be admitted to college (he was indeed admitted): "Ah~ Not bad, not bad!"

She nodded her head quickly and said: "On average, every time you sell, you can have a yield of about 20%, although there are many people who lose money, but fortunately, they don't lose much." ”

"It's an average of 20%, but there should be more than 50 percent of individual cases, right?"

The queen smiled gently, and the old man's gaze was really hard to see: "I remember when the chaos first began, there were so many stocks in the world, it seemed to be from Sydney?

Alice is starting to feel a headache, dealing with the character of a kind grandmother, but she is the least good at it. In comparison, it is much more painful to tear up with Hillary.

"Your Majesty...... Just get to the bottom of what's going on. In the end, the young man's skills are still not good, and Alice couldn't help but say bluntly: "Do you want me to revitalize the British stock market, or what?"

Evidently no one had spoken to her like this for a long time, the queen laughed lightly, and it was only then that Alice could be relieved to see that the old lady's eyes had finally shown a clear expression of kindness.

"Revive the British stock market! If you really have the ability, I can really consider awarding you a medal." ”

In the room of only two people, the queen smiled, "But that's too exaggerated, I just want to ask you to invest more in our country." With so many shorts, how many of them should you put to fruition, right?" )