11. The queen visited Russia in October -- the first monarch to do so since the Bolsheviks assassinated her relative, the Czar. 12. Voters in Bulgaria turned out Sunday for parliamentary elections that could bring the first monarch from former communist Europe back to the political stage. 13. William is the first future British monarch to attend. 14. He would not be the first divorced monarch. 15. Inside, hundreds more fans of the first British monarch to visit Russia in history repeated the adulation. 16. A Buckingham Palace official acknowledged the lack of people to greet the queen, the first British monarch to visit Russia in history, was a problem. 17. Later Tuesday, the queen, the first British monarch to set foot on Russian soil in history, was to attend a Kremlin banquet. 18. Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Moscow on Monday under a cloud of family and diplomatic rows, becoming the first British monarch to visit Russia in history. 19. She will be the first British monarch to visit Russia. |