Windsor

On Saturday we took a drive down the near-deserted M40 to Windsor Castle, one of the many homes of Lizzy. Was hoping she may be there for the weekend so we could have a catch up over tea, but she wasn’t there.

The royal family rarely uses their last name. Before 1919, the royal family’s last name was “Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.” As you might imagine, this German surname was a bad look for the British during World War I. So the royals changed it to Windsor. The word derives from the Old English Windlesoren, meaning “winch by the riverbank.”

Windsor castle has over 1,000 rooms, 18,000 bottles of wine (and apparently some of it quite cheap too!), the world’s most elaborate dolls house and dungeons (where the young Princess Elizabeth and her family sometimes slept during World War II).

We walked across the bridge into Eton and sat on the banks of the River Thames eating our lunch. Quite a few people out and about – the most that we’ve seen since lock down started.

Pics taken around Windsor and Eton.

You can see there is barely anyone around – both cars and people.

Saw a sign saying “SWANS NESTING – it is a criminal offence to disturb the Queen’s swans whilst nesting”. We were wondering if ALL the swans are hers? What makes them hers? Is everything in Windsor “hers” and lastly – why doesn’t she keep her bloody swans at her place instead of leaving them roaming around?

Memorial to the Irish Guard, statue of some guy (I forget who) and of course Queen Victoria.