Romanovs: Tsar Nicholas II: Scots Greys

Best viewed in full screen :) This is a short Birthday Tribute to His Imperial Majesty, Tsar Nicholas II, (1868-1918). Music: “Flowers of the Forest“ played by the band of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. This lament is often played as a tribute to the fallen. On 20th April 1894, Tsesarevich Nicholas, (later Tsar Nicholas II) became engaged to Queen Victoria’s favourite granddaughter, Alix of Hesse. Later, in summer 1894 the engaged couple visited Queen Victoria who held a formal