Queen Victoria and The Romanovs
Queen Victoria and The Romanovs Despite their frequent visits to England, Queen Victoria never quite trusted the Romanovs. She distrusted Tsar Nicholas I but as a young woman she was bowled over by…
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Queen Victoria and The Romanovs
Despite their frequent visits to England, Queen Victoria never quite trusted the Romanovs. She distrusted Tsar Nicholas I but as a young woman she was bowled over by his son the future Alexander II, although there could be no question of a marriage. In her letters she referred to "horrid Russia" and was adamant that she did not wish her granddaughters to marry into that barbaric country.
This distrust started with the story of the Queen's "Aunt Julie", Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg, and her disastrous Russian marriage. Political questions loomed large and the Crimean war did nothing to improve relations. Starting with this marital catastrophe, Romanov expert Coryne Hall traces 60 years of family feuding that include outright war, inter-marriages, assassination, and the Great Game in Afghanistan.
In the fateful year of 1894, Victoria must come to terms with the fact that her
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