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UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: Portrait of the Grand Duchess VICTORIA-MELITE FEODOROVNA OF SAXE-COBOURG, wife of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich ROMANOV of Russia, he being the first cousin and closest relative of NICOLAS II. Born as Princess of Great Britain, she has gone through a divorce once she marries he who declares himself "curator of the Russian throne". NICOLAS II, who disapproved of this marriage, excluded Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich ROMANOV from the succession. Nonetheless, this will not stop his son Grand Duke Vladimir Kyrillovich ROMANOV from acting as inheritor to the throne. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01:  Portrait of the Grand Duchess VICTORIA-MELITE FEODOROVNA OF SAXE-COBOURG, wife of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich ROMANOV of Russia, he being the first cousin and closest relative of NICOLAS II. Born as Princess of Great Britain, she has gone through a divorce once she marries he who declares himself "curator of the Russian throne". NICOLAS II, who disapproved of this marriage, excluded Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich ROMANOV from the succession. Nonetheless, this will not stop his son Grand Duke Vladimir Kyrillovich ROMANOV from acting as inheritor to the throne.  (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)