From Russia with love…

Great

St. Petersburg Westernized

Great

Give up the throne

WesternizationCrimean

EnlightenmentEnlightened Despot

Victoria’s tainted blood-line

It’s the little things that make the

big difference…

Queen Victoria Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and

Gotha

I love you…No, I love you

No, I love you

No, I love you

I love you more…

No I love you

more!!!

1840

Ok kids you get the

picture….they love each other, got

married…AND

Victoria

Albert aka Bertie King Edddy VII Alice

Alfred

Helena

LouiseArthur

Beatrice

Leopold

Something is “wrong” with little Leopold…….When he has a little trip, or falls…he spends days in bed with awful swelling.

When he gets a cut, or bleeds…they can’t stop it

Leo

The basics of Hemophilia

It only affects the

X chromosome

The Genetic “defect” hampers the body’s ability to “clot” cuts and bruises

So a person who has hemophilia can die from a simple cut or fall

Also…girls are usually never affected by this

genetic “problem”…..but we can carry it and pass

it on to our kids…

So what happens to Leopold?

I do grow up…and have some

“close calls”

However I slipped and fell

while vacationing in France…it was to much for my

body to handle……..

1884

Ok kids, so you know this disease is fatal….

This is sad for any family…but this is not

just your ordinary family…

This is Queen Victoria kids, they will marry

into other royal families…

Who then will have kids who will “run”

the countries of Europe….It may not be a problem unless

You still have an absolute Monarchy, girls can’t rule, and you have only one son…who shows signs of what Leopold

had

Welcome to

Victoria

Albert aka Bertie King Eddy VII

Alfred

Helena

LouiseArthur

Beatrice

Leopold

Alice

Alice get married, has kids…

AlexandraDaughter of Alice,

Grand-daughter of Queen Victoria

Alexandra gets married to the Czar of Russia. Czar Nicholas II

In Russia ya need a son…no girl

can “really” run the country…

Kids of Alexandra and Czar Nicholas II…

Olga Tatiana MariaAnastasia

Um…man?....got a lot of girls

there….don’t blow this….

Finally a son is born!!!!!

Alexei…only son the the Czar…..

Это мальчик!(it’s a boy)

When Alexi was a couple months old, he started to bleed and swell up…bad,

Leopold bad

This “kid”, is the hopes, and dreams of not only a family but of an entire nation…and

he needs to live…his hemophilia is kept a

“secret”

Russian Doctors are unable to help, cure, fix, heal, Alexi…

So the Russian Royal family called in a “guy” who is rumored to have a connection with god and special powers

Say privyet (hello)

toRasp

utin

One day Alexi hurts his knee….bad…real bad……Leopold bad

Looks like I ain’t gonna make it…

Everbodies cill out tere, Rasputin got disWhat ever “PRAYER” Rasputin gives

“helps” Alexi

Since this, uneducated- religious peasant freak-show has “healed” the heir to the Russian throne…the Czar and Czarina listen to every word of advice he gives…

The problem with Rasputin is…..

Not only is he giving the royal family catastrophic adviceBut he is a “legend” when it comes to

partying…and it is the talk of the Russian royal court… Rasputin has

to go…..

December 16-17, 1916 12:30 A.M.

3x

We then roll his body up in a rug and dump it in a

river…I've been waiting in

the hallBeen waiting on

your call

We're gonna bring a case

of wine

But the damage has been done…Czar Nicolas II cannot recover from Rasputin's bad advice , the war and the anger of the Russian people.

And the Russian people/peasants enter the “7 step program” of Revolution!!!!!