But within the families of kings and queens, royals who married their relatives were not unusual, even as recently as the late queen of England. Wait a minute: Were Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip ...

Queen Mary of Teck, grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II, was a reserved intellectual. But some historians and descendants argue she was also an "upmarket kleptomaniac".

King Charles made a memorable return to Maundy ... According to the Royal Watcher jewelry blog, the future Tsar Nicholas II of Russia gifted the diamond Celtic Knot Brooch, set with a cabochon ...

George V was practically identical to his cousin Nicholas, the doomed Tsar. And that’s the thing ... including the king stiffly in procession behind the coffin of the unknown soldier at the ...

Revolution came to Russia in February 1917, and a month later Nicholas II ... England and live in exile with their British cousin King George V. Better still, perhaps they would be allowed ...

George V's father, Edward VII, was Victoria's eldest son. He had become king after his ... with her and the children when the Tsar's family was massacred by communist revolutionaries in 1918). As for ...

the future Tsar Nicholas II, was born in 1868 and he was followed by Alexander in 1869 who died from meningitis in infancy. Marie bore four more children who all reached adulthood: George (b.