On December 3, Princess Olga Andreïevna, 67 years old and great-niece of Tsar Nicholas II, was elected president of the Romanov Family Association, the lineage that once ruled the Russian Empire. Her predecessor, Prince Dimitri Romanovitch, having passed away last year (1926-2016), an assembly was consequently convened to designate a new head.
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The Romanov Family Association was founded in 1979 with the aim of strengthening family ties and protecting the lineage from impostors. Prince Romanovitch was appointed its head in 2014 and remained so until his death on December 31, 2016. He had stated that the Romanovs “claimed nothing, only the right to be of use in Russia”.
“I firmly believe that all members of our family should limit their aspirations to serving as worthy historical links with the past,” he said.
Source: https://fr.rbth.com