The King versus the Kaiser: Royal rift that meant George V and Tsar Nicholas lined up against their German cousin in World War I. The Tsar and his royal cousin George V first met as children ...

European royalty was pretty much in the end game by the time of King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Czar Nicholas II of Russia. The problem was, these three pretty, mediocre ...

Kaiser Wilhelm II was George V's first cousin. George called him William or Willy, just as their grandmother Queen Victoria had. Tsar Nicholas II, the third royal cousin, known in the family as ...

King George V of Britain and Czar Nicholas II of Russia each possessed impeccable Vandyke beards; ... In Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm II had so elaborate a mustache, ...

King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led the World to War Catrine Clay, . . Walker, $26.95 (416pp) ISBN 978-0-8027-1623-1 ...

The best was none too good for Wilhelm, Nicholas and George. When Russia’s Czar Nicholas II and his family undertook a three-week vacation in Denmark, they required 20 railroad cars and an ...

George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War By Miranda Carter Random House of Canada/Knopf 498pp.; $35 The decades leading up to the First World War were, across ...

George V's guilt after refusing cousin Nicholas II asylum — 'those poor innocent children' Tsar Nicholas II and his family were denied exile in Britain, said to have been in part due to the fear ...

Tsar Nicholas II was the cousin of King George V, who was the Queen’s grandfather. George V’s mother was Alexandra Princess of Wales, the sister of Nicholas’ mother, Dagmar of Denmark.

Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II who was shot dead by the Bolsheviks together with his family, ... That’s what Duke of Windsor wrote about his father George V in his book A King’s Story.

Book Review: In 'George, Nicholas and Wilhelm,' Miranda Carter explores how King George V, Czar Nicholas II and Kaiser Wilhelm II were bound and divided by blood. News Home Page ...

From left: Czar Nicholas II of Russia, King George V of Britain and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. ... Nicholas and Wilhelm” succeeds magnificently. The kaiser has always been a fascinating figure.