The British and Russian royal families on the Isle of Wight, G | Black History

The British and Russian royal families on the Isle of Wight, Great Britain, 1909.

Nicholas and his family, sailing from Russia on the yacht Standart, were greeted by a cousin, King George V of England and 28 admirals. In 1917, English relatives feared the spread to England from Russia of revolutionary contagion and did not offer the Romanovs asylum.