tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post5093237041347762207..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: MM Mini View: Kings of England (Part IX)MadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-42834477357054628972013-05-25T18:52:58.269-05:002013-05-25T18:52:58.269-05:00A note about George V. While he was mourned and hi...A note about George V. While he was mourned and highly regarded at his death, I don't think history will judge him well and it all comes down to his treatment of his cousin, friend and (importantly) long-time strategic military ally, Nicholas II and his withdrawal of asylum (after his government had already granted it) and then the cover-up that it was the PM's decision and not George's personally (which we know now to be the case). Mini-series such as the one on little Prince John have highlighted this and pretty much everybook on the Romanovs (whose tragedy and sainthood ensures they will remembered) mentions it. One cannot read recent books like "The Last Days of the Romanovs" or "The Fate of the Romanovs" which depict how the Imperial Children were still talking to their guards about eventually living in England and then the horrifying way in which they died and not come to more than a certain resentment for George V (who in the end was worried about nothing as England later accepted the Dowager Empress and the Tsar's sisters with no problem).<br /><br />Say what you about Edward VII, there was no way he would have turned his back on his niece and nephew in the same situation. Nor would George VI or Elizabeth II. Jack B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10535561070313996833noreply@blogger.com