The saddest case of this must be that of Nicholas II, last of the Romanovs ... His adored German-born wife Alexandra, Queen Victoria’s favourite granddaughter, was even more fanatical.

Queen Victoria restored the reputation of a monarchy ... her male descendants including the son and heir of Russian Tsar Nicholas II. Victoria and Albert visited Scotland for the first time.

Yet for 90 years, Briton Nicholas Johnson - murdered ... Michael represented his brother, the Tsar, at the funerals of both Queen Victoria in 1901 and Edward VII of England in 1909.

The daughters of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia ... Among her godparents was her great-grandmother, Queen Victoria. Olga loved to read and enjoyed school work. Throughout her lifetime ...