One of the properties in a four-row apartment located near Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, has been put up for sale on behalf of Queen Elizabeth. It used to house a British diplomat, but it is part of Queen Elizabeth's properties.
According to 7Days Russia, the apartment is actually under the Canadian government and is managed by the Canadian Embassy in Moscow. But since Queen Elizabeth is the head of state of Canada, as a Commonwealth country, then Her Majesty owns the said property.
According to 360 TV, the apartment's value is about $8.6 million as of July 2019. It is believed that the property was built around 2002 or 2003.
Queen Elizabeth visited Moscow once in 1994. She is the only British monarch in modern history to visit Russia. Her ties to the Soviet nation, however, run deep.
According to Town & Country, the husband of Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, is a blood relative of Russia's last royal family, the Romanovs. On his father's side, the Duke of Edinburgh is the grandnephew of Alexandra, the last czarina. On her mother's side, he is also the great-great-grandson of Nicholas I. This means that Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince Harry, and their children are also related to the Romanovs.
When the remains of the Romanov children were exhumed in a field in 2007, Prince Philip offered to do a DNA test. According to History, the deceased bodies' DNA matched with the Duke of Edinburgh, thus confirming the identities of the long lost Romanov family.
Queen Elizabeth's grandfather King George V is also the cousin of Czar Nicholas II. Her cousin, Prince Michael of Kent, is the grandson of the Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna on his mother's side, who is also Nicholas II's first cousin.
During those days, the European royal family exclusively married within their royal bloodline. Thus, the descendants of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are related to the Romanovs one way or the other.
Meanwhile, after commemorating her 68th year as the reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth officially returned to Buckingham Palace this week to begin another year of public service. She was seen taking the train from Norfolk to her official home in the U.K. capital of London.
Her return, however, has been marred by reports that her oldest grandson, Peter Philips, the son of Princess Anne, has separated from his wife, Autumn, after 12 years of marriage. The royal family, however, said that they support Peter and Autumn's decision as well as their choice to co-parent their daughters.
