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On 11 July 1613, a sixteen-year-old youth was crowned Grand Prince, Tsar and Sovereign Autocrat of All Russia in the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. Four hundred and ten years later, on 6 May 2023, the Archbishop of Canterbury placed the historic St Edward’s Crown on the head of a seventy-four-year-old British man in Westminster Abbey. Eleven generations in a direct line separate these monarchs. The Romanov Descent of King Charles III [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"134625","attributes":{"alt":"Romanov dynasty family tree showing the rulers from 1613 to 1917","class":"media-image","style":"width: 900px; height: 679px;","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]] Romanov dynasty family tree showing the rulers from 1613 to 1917 - Source: Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain) Most people realise that King Charles III descends from Queen Victoria; some also know that he
