After two weeks in Haikko, the family moved to a rented house in Porvoo where, in August 1917, Victoria gave birth to Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, her only son and the heir to the dynasty.
The family remained in Finland, a former Grand Duchy under Russian rule, which had declared its independence in December 1917.
They hoped that the White Russians would prevail.
They gradually ran out of supplies and had to beg for help from family.
In July 1918, Victoria wrote to her first cousin, Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden, begging her to send baby food so she could feed Vladimir.
She was alienated from England because she felt her English relatives had not done enough to help the Romanovs.

She pleaded with her cousin, George V, to help the White Russians retake the country.
In a letter to the King, Lord Acton, the British Minister in Helsinki, noted the toll the revolution had taken on Victoria.
She "looked aged and battered and has lost much of her beauty, which is not astonishing considering all that she has gone through."

After more than two years living under strained conditions, in the autumn of 1919 Victoria and Kirill left Finland and went to Germany.
In Munich they were reunited with Victoria's mother and the family group moved to Zurich in September 1919.
With the death of Victoria's mother, she inherited her villa, Chateau Fabron in Nice and her residence in Coburg, the Edinburg Palais.
In the following years the exiled family divided their time between these two places.

While in Germany, Victoria showed an interest in the Nazi Party, which appealed to her because of its anti-Bolshevik stance and her hope that the movement might help restore the Russian monarchy.
She and Kirill attended a Nazi rally in Coburg in 1922 and Victoria donated money to the party.
She was likely unaware of the most sinister aspects of the Nazi Party.
After two weeks in Haikko, the family moved to a rented house in Porvoo where, in August 1917, Victoria gave birth to Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, her only son and the heir to the dynasty. The family remained in Finland, a former Grand Duchy under Russian rule, which had declared its independence in December 1917. They hoped that the White Russians would prevail. They gradually ran out of supplies and had to beg for help from family. In July 1918, Victoria wrote to her first cousin, Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden, begging her to send baby food so she could feed Vladimir. She was alienated from England because she felt her English relatives had not done enough to help the Romanovs.
She pleaded with her cousin, George V, to help the White Russians retake the country. In a letter to the King, Lord Acton, the British Minister in Helsinki, noted the toll the revolution had taken on Victoria. She "looked aged and battered and has lost much of her beauty, which is not astonishing considering all that she has gone through."
After more than two years living under strained conditions, in the autumn of 1919 Victoria and Kirill left Finland and went to Germany. In Munich they were reunited with Victoria's mother and the family group moved to Zurich in September 1919. With the death of Victoria's mother, she inherited her villa, Chateau Fabron in Nice and her residence in Coburg, the Edinburg Palais. In the following years the exiled family divided their time between these two places.
While in Germany, Victoria showed an interest in the Nazi Party, which appealed to her because of its anti-Bolshevik stance and her hope that the movement might help restore the Russian monarchy. She and Kirill attended a Nazi rally in Coburg in 1922 and Victoria donated money to the party. She was likely unaware of the most sinister aspects of the Nazi Party.
Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha