WI: George V doesn’t turn his back on his Romanoff cousins and grants them asylum in Britain?

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The problem here is: why?

Why do the British rescue the Romanovs? Simply from (fairly tenuous) familial loyalty? The Romanovs had been removed (for all intents and purposes) by their own people. The Provisional Government that replaced them still advocated continuation of the War. To ‘rescue’ the Romanovs from Russia is by definition a vote of no confidence in the Provisional Government of Prince Lvov and throws up all kinds of questions of London’s backing of the new regime.

Why does no one else in Europe want to take in the former Tsar and his family? Nicholas wasn’t just related to George V, many other European Royal Families were related to both Nicholas, Alexandra and even the Dowager Empress had close familial links to ruling Houses.

Why does no one in Russia want the Romanovs sent abroad? Why are they placed under effective house arrest as soon as they are deposed and stuck in administrative limbo?

And perhaps most importantly; why does it take the Romanovs themselves as long as it does to decide that they want to leave Russia? Why aren’t they looking to escape immediately if the situation is so dire?

To simply blame it all on the Constitutional Monarch of one country seems to rather miss the point of the situation.
 
The problem here is: why?

Why do the British rescue the Romanovs? Simply from (fairly tenuous) familial loyalty? The Romanovs had been removed (for all intents and purposes) by their own people. The Provisional Government that replaced them still advocated continuation of the War. To ‘rescue’ the Romanovs from Russia is by definition a vote of no confidence in the Provisional Government of Prince Lvov and throws up all kinds of questions of London’s backing of the new regime.

Why does no one else in Europe want to take in the former Tsar and his family? Nicholas wasn’t just related to George V, many other European Royal Families were related to both Nicholas, Alexandra and even the Dowager Empress had close familial links to ruling Houses.

Why does no one in Russia want the Romanovs sent abroad? Why are they placed under effective house arrest as soon as they are deposed and stuck in administrative limbo?

And perhaps most importantly; why does it take the Romanovs themselves as long as it does to decide that they want to leave Russia? Why aren’t they looking to escape immediately if the situation is so dire?

To simply blame it all on the Constitutional Monarch of one country seems to rather miss the point of the situation.
The safest exiles would be Denmark, first Cousin Christian X, Norway, first cousin Haakan VII, Britain, first cousin George V, his first cousin Marie was also Queen consort of Romania but that would have been too close to Russia. Two neutrals and former ally and no on would take him. A shame. Most importantly they were family.
 
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