Lady Pamela Carmen Louise Hicks ("née" Mountbatten; born 19 April 1929) is a British aristocrat. She is the younger daughter of the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma by his wife, Edwina Mountbatten. Through her father, Lady Pamela is a first cousin of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and a great niece of the last Empress of Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna.
A british aristocrat was seemingly friendly with an Empress of Russia due to family ties between one another.
The british aristocrat was indeed friendly which can be seen by the fact that she was considered a great niece by the Empress. The system most likely got it wrong because it did not interpret great niece as friendly and the use of family ties rather than specifically stating niece or cousin.