2-713-765 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The British and Russian royal families, 1909, (1951). 'An official photograph to mark the visit to this country in 1909 of the late Czar and Czarina of Russia, their four daughters and the young Czarevich. With them in the picture are King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, King George V and Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal'. Portrait taken at Barton Manor, Isle of Wight on 4 August 1909, of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra of Russia with their children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexei; King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra with the future King George V (first cousin of the Tsar), Mary of Teck, the Prince of Wales (future King George VI) and Mary, Princess Royal. The Russian royal family were executed in 1918 by Bolshevik guards. From "The Queen Mother", by Marion Crawford ("Crawfie"), governess of Princess Margaret and Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen Elizabeth II). [George Newnes Limited, London, 1951]