Random Royal Rotogravure – Relatives

July 20, 2021July 18, 2021 The HandbagLeave a comment

The always thoughtful JR on Twitter got me ruminating on royal relations with this tweet. To me young Astrid and her cousin Tatiana were spitting images of each other https://t.co/Pp1CAtb2Z3… Continue reading Random Royal Rotogravure – Relatives

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Pocket Profiles – The Daughters Romanov

March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 The HandbagLeave a comment

The collective image of the daughters of Nicholas and Alexander is that of a group of four, frozen in time in a series of black and white photographs. The sisters… Continue reading Pocket Profiles – The Daughters Romanov

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Hofdame Bits and Bobs

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Pocket Profile – Tsarevich Alexei

March 16, 2021March 16, 2021 The HandbagLeave a comment

Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, was born in August 1904 to Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and Emperor Nicholas II. He was the fifth child and only son of the couple, and… Continue reading Pocket Profile – Tsarevich Alexei

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Pocket Profile – Empress Alexandra Feodorovna

March 9, 2021October 2, 2021 The Handbag1 Comment

Princess Alix Victoria Helena Louise Beatrice was born in 1872, the sixth child of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine, and… Continue reading Pocket Profile – Empress Alexandra Feodorovna