Alexander II

The Duke of Edinburgh's family history is tumultuous, with trials, tribulations, and tragedies. We take a look at the lives of the women who surrounded him in his early years two years after Prince Philip's death. His mother, who was deposed, died before becoming a nun, his sister, who married a Nazi and named her child after Hitler, and a deadly plane crash that caused 'profound shock' to the young Prince when he was in boarding school.

A Kremlin spokeswoman confirmed that a decision on who would represent Russia at the service, which is expected to take place on September 19 at Westminster Abbey, will be made. Despite the tyrant's violence in Ukraine, which has caused relations between Russia and Britain to fall to their lowest level since the Cold War, Putin paid tribute to the tyrant yesterday. Despite the surge of anti-Western rhetoric, several people have descended on Moscow to pay floral tributes to the Queen outside the British Embassy.

Russian tyrant Vladimir Putin has expressed condolences as tributes have pour in from around the world following the assassination of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Putin reached out to King Charles III in a telegram in the midst of prosecuting his bloody and brutal war against Ukraine, which has caused relations between Russia and Ukraine to even lower levels. The Russian tyrant wrote, 'The most significant events in the recent history of the United Kingdom are inextricably linked to Her Majesty's name.' Elizabeth II lauded the love and admiration of her subjects for many decades, as well as international recognition.' I wish you strength and perseverance in the midst of such sadness and irreparable loss.' I ask you to express sincere sympathy and support to the members of the royal family and all the people of the United Kingdom.' The condolences came after the Queen seemed to have subtly taken Putin when they met in 2003 during a state visit to the UK, the first by a Russian king since the reign of Queen Victoria in 1874.