Nicholas’s character was his fate, argues Hasegawa, and it was the fundamental absence of a higher purpose at its heart, allowing him to be dominated by his German-born wife, the Tsarina Alexandra, ...
Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, author of a new account of the last Russian emperor ... on Alexandra gave outsized influence to the mystical monk Rasputin, whom she adored because, after conventional medical ...
At around the same time Ella, the most beautiful of the Hesse princesses, fell in love with Grand Duke Serge, brother of the Russian emperor Alexander III. Queen Victoria, who thought all Russians ...
The 17th-century artist’s likeness of the young Hapsburg, currently on view at the Norton Simon Museum in California, ...
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Monday that the U.S.-Russia relations are on the verge of a major breakdown. Despite President Trump claiming that he spoke with Russian ...
At least three people have been killed in a Russian drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital, while three others were killed in the country’s south. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr ...
A Russian strike on a residential building in central Ukraine killed at least 14 people, including two children, emergency services said, one of many attacks across the country this weekend.
Queen Camilla once hated the idea of becoming queen — and had strong opposing thoughts about royal protocol, according to a new royal book. In “Yes, Ma’am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants ...
Regardless of whether Russia wins or loses in Ukraine, one thing is certain: the Russian military will have to be rebuilt. With its arsenal depleted and its reputation battered, Russia will have ...
Russian forces launched a combined drone and missile attack on Kyiv early Saturday, killing at least three people, Ukrainian officials said. Three other people were wounded, according to city ...
When she heard of the passing of Queen Camilla's companion, a Jack Russell terrier rescue dog called Beth, she decided to send a copy of her book to Buckingham Palace in the hope of offering comfort.