I think some of the photographs in the article you kindly provided a link to were in fact of Prince George's son, the current Duke of Kent and his English wife, Katherine Worsley, the Duchess of Kent. I am glad to say they are both very much alive and were at Westminster Hall this afternoon to mourn the Queen, as her coffin was brought in to lie in state. In his youth, the young Duke did have a strong resemblance to his late father.
Yes, funny how that was framed under the paragraph George and Marina in the original.
A documentary was made about Prince John's life a few years ago.
Very interesting, bookmarked and will catch it a little later.
Indeed, it transpires that Prince Michael speaks fluent Russian and has a strong interest in Russia, where he is a well-known figure (he is a former recipient of the Order of Friendship). Tsar Nicholas II was a first cousin of three of his grandparents: George V, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. When the bodies of the Tsar and some of his family were recovered in 1991, the remains were later identified by DNA using, among others, a sample from Michael for recognition. He attended the 1998 burial of the Tsar and his family in St Petersburg. He is an honorary member of the Romanov Family Association. He is also the second cousin of Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, who is a claimant to the headship of the Imperial Family of Russia. They share the same great-grandfather, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich. Michael is the patron of organisations which have close ties with Russia, including the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce and the St Gregory's Foundation.
And yes, the Czar and Michael of Kent do look rather similar - old genetics works its family ways.
All of this is like reading Romance novels and the peerage tables while trying to keep track of who's who.