1. From Russia with love…

2. Great St. PetersburgWesternized Great Give up the throne Westernization Crimean Enlightenment EnlightenedDespot

3. Victoria’s tainted blood-line It’s the little things that make the big difference…

4. Queen VictoriaPrince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha I love you… No, I love you I love you more… No I love you more!!! 1840

5. Ok kids you get the picture….they love each other, got married…AND

6. Victoria Albert aka Bertie King Edddy VII Alice Alfred Helena Louise Arthur Beatrice Leopold

7. Something is “wrong” with little Leopold……. When he has a little trip, or falls…he spends days in bed with awful swelling. When he gets a cut, or bleeds…they can’t stop it Leo

8. The basics of Hemophilia It only affects the X chromosome The Genetic “defect” hampers the body’s ability to “clot” cuts and bruises So a person who has hemophilia can die from a simple cut or fall Also…girls are usually never affected by this genetic “problem”…..but we can carry it and pass it on to our kids…

9. So what happens to Leopold? I do grow up…and have some “close calls” However I slipped and fell while vacationing in France…it was to much for my body to handle…….. 1884

10. Ok kids, so you know this disease is fatal…. This is sad for any family…but this is not just your ordinary family… This is Queen Victoria kids, they will marry into other royal families… Who then will have kids who will “run” the countries of Europe…. It may not be a problem unless You still have an absolute Monarchy, girls can’t rule, and you have only one son…who shows signs of what Leopold had

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12. Victoria Albert aka Bertie King Eddy VII Alfred Helena Louise Arthur Beatrice Leopold Alice

13. Alice get married, has kids… Alexandra Daughter of Alice, Grand-daughter of Queen Victoria

14. Alexandra gets married to the Czar of Russia. Czar Nicholas II In Russia ya need a son…no girl can “really” run the country…

15. Kids of Alexandra and Czar Nicholas II… OlgaTatianaMaria Anastasia Um…man?....got a lot of girls there….don’t blow this….

16. Finally a son is born!!!!! Alexei…only son the the Czar….. Это мальчик! (it’s a boy) Это мальчик! (it’s a boy)

17. When Alexi was a couple months old, he started to bleed and swell up…bad, Leopold bad When Alexi was a couple months old, he started to bleed and swell up…bad, Leopold bad This “kid”, is the hopes, and dreams of not only a family but of an entire nation…and he needs to live…his hemophilia is kept a “secret”

18. Russian Doctors are unable to help, cure, fix, heal, Alexi… So the Russian Royal family called in a “guy” who is rumored to have a connection with god and special powers

19. Say privyet (hello) to Raspu tin

20. One day Alexi hurts his knee….bad…real bad……Leopold bad Looks like I ain’t gonna make it… Everbodies cill out tere, Rasputin got dis What ever “PRAYER” Rasputin gives “helps” Alexi

21. Since this, uneducated- religious peasant freak- show has “healed” the heir to the Russian throne…the Czar and Czarina listen to every word of advice he gives…

22. The problem with Rasputin is….. Not only is he giving the royal family catastrophic advice But he is a “legend” when it comes to partying…and it is the talk of the Russian royal court… Rasputin has to go…..

23. December 16-17, 1916 12:30 A.M. 3x We then roll his body up in a rug and dump it in a river… I've been waiting in the hall Been waiting on your call I've been waiting in the hall Been waiting on your call We're gonna bring a case of wine

24. But the damage has been done …Czar Nicolas II cannot recover from Rasputin's bad advice, the war and the anger of the Russian people. And the Russian people/peasants enter the “7 step program” of Revolution!!!!!