Grand Duke Dimitri Pavlovich was the son of one of the tsar's uncles, Grand Duke Paul so technically he was Nicholas's cousin. But due to an age gap of about 20 years, Dimitri called the tsar "Uncle Nicky". He was actually engaged to the tsar's oldest daughter, Grand Duchess Olga for quite some time, until for some reason the engagement was off. Dimitri was described as elegant and charming and very funny. He was a favorite of Alexandra's and was a devote bachelor. Alexandra always found herself laughing at his jokes but she was also very worried about him, "Dimitri is doing no work and drinking constantly," she said,"order him back to his regimet, town and women are poison for him." A few months later, he also became one of the 5 conspirators who murdered Grigory Rasputin. The murder date was set on December 31 because of Dimitri's full social schedule. The group didnt want him to cancel any events and arouse suspicion. It was with his Browning revolver that Rasputin was shot in the cellar of Yussopov's house. Later, the royal family was shocked to find out that he helped to kill Rasputin. Nicholas was also outraged and ashamed that a member of the royal family had murdered Rasputin. The tsar ordered Dmitri to be banished to a station in the outskirts of Russia. This decision actually saved his life, as it made him out of reach of the hands of assassins during the revolution. He escaped during the war and made his way to America. There he married an American Heiress and for a while in the 1930's was a champagne salesman in Florida. Unlike a few of the other killers, he didnt write a book about his role in Rasputin's death. In fact, he refused to even talk about the incident. He died in Davos, Switzerland at the age of 50 of tuberculosis."