On the Jubilee Green in East Cowes on the Isle of Wight stands a memorial to the Romanov's
It reads:
EMPEROR NICHOLAS II
EMPRESS ALEXANDRA
TSAREVICH ALEXIS
GRAND DUCHESSES
OLGA
TATIANA
MARIA
ANASTASIA
AND
GRAND DUCHESS
ELIZABETH
MARTYRED
DURING
THE REVOLUTION
IN RUSSIA
JULY 1918
Unveiled in 2018, in contains earth from Ekaterinburg, where the family were assassinated in 1918.
The Romanovs had visited the area during Cowes week, and members of the family had been regular visitors to the area.
The Romanov memorial in East Cowes pic.twitter.com/nQJAcfiuZz
— 📸 Paul Ratcliffe 📸 (@RoyaltybyPaul) July 3, 2023
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