The painting, from 1902, shows the Tsar depicted in the full dress uniform of his rank of Colonel in Chief of the 2nd Dragoons, The Royal Scots Greys, an honour bestowed upon him by Queen Victoria.

Exhaustive DNA checks prove that the remains of Tsar Nicholas II, his wife, and their five children – shot dead by the Bolsheviks 100 years ago today – are genuine, says the Russian ...