In July 1918, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was marched into a cellar and shot by a Bolshevik firing squad. His family, his wife, his son and his four daughters were executed with him.
However the mystery of Anastasia has remained. The youngest of his daughters is believed by some to have escaped and fled to America. To date over 100 'Anastasias' have emerged and claimed to be the surviving daughter of the Tsar as her tragic tale has morphed into a modern myth.
In 1917 with British casualties mounting on the battlefields of France, and anti-German sentiment on the rise at home, King George V together with his powerful wife was forced to change the Royal Family name to Windsor and a new dynasty was born.
Proud to be king of 'a wonderful people' the fir...
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