King George V appeared to regret not helping his cousin Tsar Nicholas II and his family escape Russia and their eventual death. When he learned of the death of the Romanovs and their five children ...

His cousin King George V offered Nicholas II refuge, but then unexpectedly withdrew the offer - and later tried to cover up the fact. “The murder [of the Russian royal family] shook my father ...

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 ...

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 Tsar Nicholas II and England’s King George V were first cousins. In 1918, Ipatiev House was turned into a fortified prison for ex-Tsar Nicholas II and his family. As the ill-fated ...

King Edward VIII inherited the throne from his father King George V, Queen Elizabeth II’s grandfather. Out of the queen’s seven first cousins, four are still alive: Prince Richard, Prince ...