Russian archaeologists have announced that they believe they may have found the remains of Prince Alexei, and his sister Maria who were murdered along with the rest of their family by the Bolsheviks in 1918.

Here is a snippet from the BBC:

DNA tests will be carried out on the bones, thought to be those of Prince Alexei and his elder sister Maria.

Archaeologists excavated ground close to the site in Yekaterinburg where the tsar, his wife and their three other daughters were found in 1991.

The prosecutor-general is reopening an investigation into the case.

Archaeologist Sergei Pogorelov says bullets found at the burial site indicate the children had been shot.

He told Russian television the newly unearthed bones belonged to two young people: a young male aged roughly 10-13 and a young woman about 18-23.

Ceramic vessels found nearby appear to have contained sulphuric acid, consistent with an account by one of the Bolshevik firing squad, who said that after shooting the family they doused the bodies in acid to destroy the flesh and prevent them becoming objects of veneration.

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Hopefully tests will prove their identity, and this shameful piece of Russian history can be at least somewhat righted (if that is possible) by their proper burial.