Speaking of the Romanovs, was there ever a chance to spirit them out of Russia either before or after Nicholas II abdicated?
The Church of the Blood in Yekaterinburg is a memorial to the murdered innocents of that tragic family.
Allegedly they were executed because they received reports that the Whites were on a mission to rescue them.
Perfect question.
The Romanovs asked their FIRST COUSINS the "Windsors" for refuge, but were rebuked because the "Windsors" didn't want to leave a bad taste with constituents... so instead they just looked-on while their own family members were slaughtered by the Bolsheviks.
Nicholi must have been surprised at what a POS George turned out to be; they spent much of their childhood and younger years together: