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I just finished reading King, Kaiser, Tsar and enjoyed it very much. The author's purpose in writing it was to delve into the personalities of the three men who lead their countries into World War I. She points out that George V was the only royal cousin without any real power, being a...

This is the only residence which actually belonged to her late majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. She bought the castle, once known as Barrogill Castle until Queen Elizabeth restored its former name, after the death of King George VI. Her majesty's close friends, the Vyners, owned a...

A thread devoted to this amazing woman is needed on this forum. Victoria was the grandmother of Prince Philip and was instrumental in raising him after his mother, Princess Alice, fell ill with a mental illness and his father, Prince Andrea of Greece, was an absentee father. Victoria was the...

My dear friend Russo gave me the idea for starting this thread. But first, I wonder why is he known as Paul I when there has never been Paul II?:bang: In confirmation to Russo's comment in the thread on Dmitri Pavlovich, Paul's second marriage was very happy and it appears that his...

I have been reading Felix Yussopov's biography, Lost Splendor, and I am now intrigued by Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich who was a conspirator and actor in Rasputin's death. Does anyone care to comment about Dmitri, his life, his role in the imperial family, and the part his descendants may play in...