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Emperor Maximilian of Mexico Without doubt, the greatest man who ever lived.

Yes that is correct, Lord Stamfordham suggested somewhere in mainland Europe would be more suitable. France declined to accept the Romanovs since the war was still raging there. Since George V was still alive, Lloyd George had to amend his 1934 memoirs to suggest it was Kerensky's provisional...

The only misinformation was that some people seemed to believe it was the government rather than the King who did not want the Romaovs in the UK. Quite a lot of this was covered in Kenneth Rose's biography of George V which was published in 1983. George was not upset to learn of the death of...

I'm surprised to read some misinformation here, but the facts are well known. Lloyd George's government offered the Tsar and his family asylum in the UK, but this was overruled by Buckingham Palace. George V opposed the idea of a rescue mission because it was not militarily feasible.