A case has been lodged in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg last week by five women to remove the state-sanctioned gender bias among the nobility and to give girls and boys equal rights to inherit. In 2013, the royal laws of succession were amended to give equal rights to a baby girl, [read more]
Counting down to 17 July 1918 when the family was murdered. On 15 July 1918, the delivery of food came at 7 am and came with the special order of plenty of eggs and a quart of milk. One of the Grand Duchesses had requested some sewing thread as well. Commandant Yurovsky had ordered the [read more]
There are no known photos of the Romanovs while they spent their last few months in Yekaterinburg. Their last known photos thus date from just before their transfer there. As for as I know, these are the last photos taken. If you know of any others, do not hesitate to contact me.
Counting down to 17 July 1918 when the family was murdered. On 14 July 1918, one of the guards of the Ipatiev House knocked on the door of Father Ivan Storozhev, one of the priests at the Ekaterinisnky Cathedral, and requested that he conduct a liturgy for the Romanovs. He agreed to be at the [read more]
Counting down to 17 July 1918 when the family was murdered. On 13 July 1918, Alexei was finally well enough to take a bath. Alexandra spent yet another day lying in bed with pains in her back. Alexandra could hear the shots that were being fired just outside the Ipatiev House to crush a demonstration. [read more]
Today we’ve been given a first look at the trailer for the new Mary Queen of Scots movie, which is to be released in late 2018/early 2019. It features Saoirse Ronan as Mary, Queen of Scots and Margot Robbie as Queen Elizabeth I. A friendship that became a rivalry. A rivalry that became a war. [read more]
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