Coryne Hall

Coryne Hall is an historian, broadcaster and consultant specialising in the Romanovs and British and European royalty. She was born in Ealing, West London and developed a fascination for Imperial Russia in childhood when she learnt that her great-grandmother was born in St Petersburg, an almost exact contemporary of Nicholas II. The author of six books, she is a regular contributor to Majesty magazine, The European Royal History Journal, Royal Russia, Sovereign and Royalty Digest Quarterly. She acted as consultant on the Danish television documentaries "A Royal Family" and "The Royal Jewels." Her media appearances include Woman's Hour, BBC South Today, the documentary "Russia's Lost Princesses", live coverage of Charles and Camilla's wedding for Canadian television and co-hosting live coverage of Prince William's wedding alongside John Moore for Newstalk 1010, Canada. She was also the last person to have a private audience with Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. She lives in Hampshire.

Coming on 10 October: "Princess Olga. A Wild & Barefoot Romanov", by Princess Olga Romanoff with Coryne Hall.

Website: www.corynehall.com

Twitter: @CoryneHall