Bones confirmed as Tsar's missing children

Scientists today confirmed they have found the remains of the heir to Russia’s last tsar and his sister.

Scientists today confirmed they have found the remains of the heir to Russia’s last tsar and his sister.

DNA tests show that bone fragments exhumed in the Ural Mountains belong to Nicholas II’s children, Alexei and Maria.

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