Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna and her husband Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich.

“Your sympathy is a great comfort to me and my daughter, who has endured such a severe trial at such an early age... She tells me that she would not for anything in the world wish to change the past, no matter how short, but happy it was; and I will never forget his look when the Tsar led her by the hand to his bed! It was pure happiness, and he recognized her all day when he was dying. He said goodbye to her, kissed her, and held her hand tightly in his until he died! We were on the road for four days and four nights, and she never left his bedside, kneeling next to him day and night, until at one o'clock in the afternoon she kissed him and he exhaled his young life! It was terrible for me, because I loved him very much and saw how all the happiness of the poor young bride had faded away... Minnie went to Darmstadt for the day to see his parents again. The whole dear family was so kind and sweet to her that the separation was doubly painful for her."

- Queen Louise of Denmark in a letter to Queen Victoria, on her daughter Princess Dagmar’s grief at the death of her fiancé, Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich of Russia. Dagmar went on to become Empress Maria Alexandrovna as the wife of Nicholas’s brother, Emperor Alexander III. Their firstborn son was named after the uncle he never knew, he is known to history as Nicholas II, the last Russian emperor.

Emperor Nicholas II of Russia.

The children of Nicholas II on White Flower Day.

"I forgot to say that at Torby (home of Countess Sophie Torby) I saw the last photograph of Ksenia Alexandrovna's daughter. How beautiful she is..." Letter from Prince Felix Youssoupoff to his mother, Zenaida in October 1910.

Nicholas II leading a procession with his wife and mother.

A young Alexandra Feodorovna, nee Alix of Hesse and by Rhine.

Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna dressed for the 1903 Imperial Ball.

Heir Tsesarevich and Grand Duke Alexei Nikolaevich.

Russian and British postcards of Alexandra Feodorovna and her daughters.

Gathering of Danish Royal Family.

Maria Feodorovna, nee Dagmar of Denmark, is seen in the front row next to her father and nephews. Maria Georgievna, nee of Greece and Denmark, is between her aunt Alexandra and cousin Maud. Behind her is her (future? not sure of the date on this one) husband, Georgiy Mikhailovich.

Nicholas II hunting with King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.

Just got some photos, not postcards. Allegedly printed in the 1970s from the original negatives. I understand if you are skeptical, but I've bought some photos before with that same provenance. The story on the others was that they belonged to an American Russian-language teacher who took his students on trips to the USSR.

None of them are as big or perfect at that one OTMA 1914 photo I have, but they're neat nonetheless. :)

Anyway you'll be seeing a lot of them in the queue because I'm still waiting for some postcards to arrive.

Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna and her cousin, Princess Margrethe of Denmark, at the hospital she sponsored at Harrogate.

This is a great example of the the 'photoshop' they often did on photographs that were used in newspapers and magazines. You can clearly see where lines were drawn in to make the figures pop, especially on the lighter tones. It gives it an almost cartoon-like quality.

Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna with her daughters and grandchildren.

Anastasia, Maria and Tatiana with their mother Alexandra Feodorovna, Anna Vyrubova, and N.P. Sablin.