Abstract
Haemophilia is a blood clotting disorder that is genetically transmitted. In the 19th century, this disease made an appearance in the British royal family, and eventually spread across Europe through marriage within the royalty. This review traces the path of the ‘tainted blood’ through the European royalty and comments on how the disease played a role in the Russian revolution. Being a scientist, I also felt it my responsibility to explain the basic biology of the disease itself for the enthusiastic reader, finally concluding the story where history met science to divulge an episode of modern history which is like a page out of a thriller.
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