Original sentence: Ironically, unlike the monarchs of Europe who stood on balconies adorned with velvet, the Tsar and Empress stood, with their family further back in the balconade room, in one corner of an unadorned balcony
Edited sentence: Ironically, unlike the monarchs of Europe who stood on balconies adorned with velvet, flanked by their families, the Tsar and Empress stood, alone, in one corner of an unadorned balcony, appearing almost lost next to an oversized Imperial emblem, soon to be torn down by their own subjects