# Muhammad and the Windsors

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muhammad-and-the-windsors/183636>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 22, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muhammad-and-the-windsors/183636 "2003-06-22T22:03:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Agback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/977dab/32.png) [@Agback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agback)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muhammad-and-the-windsors/183636/1 "2003-06-22T22:03:11Z")

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G’day

Someone tried to tell me that the current British royal family trace their ancestry back to Muhammad, by way of a Spanish princess and an Omayyad caliph. Can anyone tell me whether this is true?

Regards,  
Agback

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**Author:** ![APB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muhammad-and-the-windsors/183636/2 "2003-06-23T13:38:59Z")

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