FRANCE - DECEMBER 17: Grand Duke of Russia and member of the ROMANOV family VLADIMIR KYRILLOVICH at his desk in his Parisian apartment on December 17, 1938. The Grand Duke VLADIMIR then considers himself as inheritor of the Russian throne. His father the Grand Duke KIRILL of Russia (or KYRIL VLADIMIROVICH), first cousin and closest relative of NICOLAS II, had proclaimed himself "curator of the throne" despite being excluded from the succession by NICOLAS II. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
