Grandchildren of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha July 1918 by a detachment of Bolsheviks in the basement of Ipatiev House. The entire family was canonized by the Russian Orthodox church in 2000. Queen Victoria → Princess Alice → Princess Alix of Hesse (Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia) Prince Alfred (1844–1900) married the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1853–1920), the only surviving daughter of Tsar Alexander II and his first wife, Empress Marie Alexandrovna, on 23 January 1874 at the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, Russia. They had 2 sons (one stillborn), 4 daughters, 10 grandsons (8 of whom survived their first week of life) and 9
MV Queen of Prince Rupert In what was seen by many as a politically expedient move, they leased "Queen of Prince Rupert" to the BC Steamship Corporation when "Princess Marguerite" was found to violate US pollution requirements. The vessel was renamed "Victoria Princess". To enable loading at Victoria's Inner Harbour, a side-loading door was installed. "Victoria Princess" only operated on the route for one summer, however, and in November, 1980, returned to the BC Ferries fleet as "Queen of Prince Rupert" to begin its service between Prince Rupert and Skidegate. When "Queen of the North" sank on March 22, 2006, "Queen of Prince Rupert" was