HER IMPERIAL HIGHNESS
THE GRAND DUCHESS
REGINA FONG
Last of the Romanoffs

Her Imperial Highness was born to the Imperial Russian family of Saint
Petersburg in 1905, but was almost immediately hidden away on the orders
of the Czar due to her startling mane of red hair.

During the storming of the Winter Palace in the uprising of 1917, she escaped
due to the quick thinking of her nanny, who flung her, clutching three Faberge
Eggs, from a third floor window. With great presence of mind and an ability
to survive everything the world threw at her, she commandeered a Troika, and
after a long a perilous journey, ended up in the Forbidden City in China.
She began teaching flower arranging to the Dowager Empress, who so taken
with her skills, refused to allow her to leave. In order to secure her escape
from the enclosed city, she married a Chinese courtier called Wing Wang
Fong.

With her newly found freedom she moved to the stunningly gothic mansion
‘Fong Towers’ in the Royal County of Berkshire, Great Briton, under the
patronage of her imperial cousins, The Windsor’s.

Rumours and urban myths followed Her Imperial Highness through out her
 life, some say she called herself 'Reginald' and impersonated a man from 1967
onwards in order to become a well respected dancer, appearing in the films
 "Oh What a Lovely War" and "Slipper and the Rose". She appeared in "The
 Rolf Harris Show", as well as numerous performances in London West End
and the Royal Court. Not to mention Panto and Rep around the country. She
 hosted "Club X" on channel 4, and recently completed another motion picture
 entitled "AKA".

There are stories also about an infamous and hugely popular all girl troupe
 called The Disapointer Sisters, one of whom had a startling mane of flame red
 hair! Many people also swear that for a six-month period there appeared in
 various "bars" and seedy venues a mysterious man in black leather with an
 enormous black mascara coated moustache who after his fourth "pint" would
 regale fellow patrons of life in The Winter Palace!

None of these "stories" were ever confirmed (nor denied) by Her Imperial
 Highness, but we do know that in 1985 she filled in for one week for a dear
 friend and hosted a show at The Black Cap. One week turned into over 17
 years, and so the legend of Her Imperial Highness, Grand Duchess Regina Fong
 was born.

She passed away peacefully on 15th April 2003