Alexander Palace

The forests are, for the most part, evergreen, though there are also silver birch, oak, and ash trees.

There are two palaces in this little town, the Great or Catherine's Palace and the Little or Alexander's Palace, which she built for her grandson, Alexander I.

We resided in the latter.

It is a white Grecian building with a green roof.

It was a horrifying tragedy, and it had happened in the name of Nicholas II.

Afterwards, he rushed home to the Alexander Palace in St. Petersburg, where Alexandra and their five children, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei, were waiting.

Now, this would become a regular routine for Nicholas.

He'd attend to his royal duties, then retreat to his family as soon as possible.

Now, I spoke with Luke Humphries because we both debuted in the World Championships around about the same time.

And we spoke about that experience on Alexander Palace stage.

And we talked about it from a sense of we expected it to be more than it was.

We expected to feel something we didn't feel.