Not one but two crowned monarchs were dining that evening: England’s King Edward VII and his nephew, Russia’s Czar Nicholas II. It was a seismic summit. The British Empire held sway over some 400 ...

Remains of murdered Czar Nicholas and Czarina Alexandra were exhumed from their tombs in the Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul in St. Petersburg at the end of September. Alongside, samples of blood ...

The Czar was appointed Colonel of the Royal Scots Greys in 1894, the year of accession and of his marriage to Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt (Czarina Alexandra), a grandaughter of Queen Victoria.

In this undated file photo Russia's Czar Nicholas II, seated second from left, Czarina Alexandra, center rear, and their family are shown. Bottom row left to right, Princess Olga, Czar Nicholas II ...

The truth, I think, is somewhere in the middle. They were human beings." Previous exhibits in the 1990s, she said, provided more complete versions of the lives of Nicholas and Alexandra.

A more extensive renovation is planned, but at present, portraits of the Czar and Czarina now St Nicholas and St Alexandra, stare down from the crumbling walls at the stunning theatre of the ...

Czar Nicholas and his wife Alexandra called upon Rasputin to heal their son Alexei, who suffered from hemophilia, a disorder where blood is unable to properly clot.

The Russian Orthodox Church has bestowed sainthood on the last Czar, Nicholas II, and his family. Nicholas, the Empress Alexandra and at least five of their children were executed by firing squad ...

Russia's Czar Nicholas II, seated second from left, Czarina Alexandra, center rear, and their family are shown in this undated file photo. Bottom row left to right, Princess Olga, Czar Nicholas II ...