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No red flags, just red carpets, for grand duchess |
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Published by The Age (Australia)
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Monday, 24 September 2007 |
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No red flags, just red carpets, for grand duchess “THE Russian Government does not look like restoring its monarchy any time soon, but one member of the deposed Romanov dynasty is walking and talking like a monarch. Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna breezed regally through Melbourne yesterday, leading an entourage of more than 20. The group included a priest, a Russian embassy first secretary and a lady-in-waiting. Then there was an official photographer, a publicist, a handful of local and Russian monarchists and a dozen burly Russian men in black suits. There was no adoring crowd in sight, nor even a communist objector. But her visit, to mark 200 years of Russian settlement in Australia, is significant in the quest to create a new role for her family. She is touring with the blessing of the Australian and Russian governments — last Tuesday the Russian embassy in Canberra held a reception for her....” See our pictures, at http://www.biblenews.org/Romanov-News/Russian-Royal-Visits-Australia.html
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