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Originally Posted by Astromancer
At the time the Czar was immensely unpopular. Being murdered changed this. Executed royalty seems to be highly popular. Mary Queen of Scots, Marie Antoinette, Maximilian of Mexico, Czar Nicholas, all gained dramatically in popularity once they were dead.
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It's much harder for dead people to make (and thus fail or critically fail) Public Speaking rolls, along with the human tendency to be reluctant to speak ill of the dead.
If the Czar had died but his wife and children (or just his children, or only some of them) escaped to Britain, traditional British prejudices would have the public
very supportive of Anastasia et al, and even be forgiving of Alix of Hesse saying the wrong things in public for a while, because she's a woman mourning her husband. It would be harder for the American press and politicians to speak ill of them, without Nickie there to be a man they can blame. It could even be a PR boon, supporting widows and orphans being a popular 'generic good deed.' Probably wouldn't make the war end any faster, but it might cause more aid to be sent to the White Russians, as the
Russian Civil War would most likely still be happening, just with the possibility of a safe Government-in-Exile over in London.