 The exiled family subsequently moved to a small residence in the tiny French fishing village of St. Briac.After a London court order in July 1924 recognized Grand Duke Michael to be legally dead, Kirill first declared himself "Guardian of the Throne" on 8 August 1924 and then on 31 August 1924 he assumed the title "Emperor of all the Russias".By the laws of the Russian Empire he was the heir to the throne.