one last dance

Dear Milly, Thank you so much fr. yr. sweet little letter. All kind wishes. I am sure I will be happy as my fiance is charming. I wish you could meet him. Mummy sends you her love. I do too with a loving kiss yr. very affect. Elizabeth.

The coronation in question is that of King George V, Nicholas II's lookalike cousin.

They were first cousins of OTMAA as their mother was Alix's eldest sister, Victoria. They were born as princes with the style of Serene Highness but in 1917, they dropped their German names and titles and became British nobility using the Anglicized surname 'Mountbatten.'

Francoise, the second daughter of the Duke of Guise, married the widowed Prince Christopher, youngest child of Olga Konstantinovna, in 1929. The had one son together, Prince Michael. Christopher's nieces, Elizabeth and Marina, daughters of his brother Nicholas, also participated in advertising for Pond's.

Three different postcards of Alexei Nikolaevich from the same photoshoot.

George was the elder son of Victoria of Hesse and Louis of Battenberg, making him a first cousin of OTMAA. Nadejda was the daughter of Grand Duke Mikhail Mikahilovich and his morganactic wife, Sophie. She was a first cousin of Irina and her brothers, as well as Nina and Xenia Georgievna.

Wills's Cigarettes card featuring Nikolai Nikolaevich from their Allied Army Leaders series.

The sons of "Uncle Ernie" and "Aunt Onor" were first cousins of OTMAA. Born in 1906 and 1908, they were ideal playmates for Alexei and doted upon by his sisters.

1896 Magazine page featuring Alexandra Feodorovna.

At center is King George I of the Hellenes, between his then-fiancee Olga Konstantinovna and her mother Alexandra. In back is Nikolai Konstantinovich, and up front are Konstantin, Vyacheslav, and Dmitri.

The family of Louis and Alice of Hesse-Darmstadt.

Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia.

Romanov relatives: Andrew of Greece and Alice of Battenberg.