I'd put my money on it being a fake. Maybe I'm cynical, but the refusal to provide DNA plus the deliberate destruction of photos seems fairly significant to me.

I'd put my money on it being a fake. Maybe I'm cynical, but the refusal to provide DNA plus the deliberate destruction of photos seems fairly significant to me. Years ago huge amounts were written about a woman who claimed to be Anastasia of the Romanovs. Lots of discussion, lots of detailed evidence, but when I read the bit about how she refused to ever speak Russian I knew which way I'd bet on that one.