Prince Philip was connected to the Russian family through his maternal side; Queen Victoria was Czarina Alexandra’s grandmother. Queen Elizabeth II is related to the Romanovs through her ...

QUEEN LEAVES ENGLAND.; Dowager Empress of Russia Goes as Far as Calais with Her. Share full article. April 6, 1907.

The historic piece was a wedding present from King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to her sister, Minnie, when she married the future Emperor Alexander III of Russia in 1866, per The Court Jeweller.

Alexandra Feodorovna was a princess of Germany and an Empress of Russia, but none of this privilege saved her from a tragic fate. As one of the last Romanovs, she fell victim first to the dark ...