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Victoria Melita, Grand Duchess of Hesse
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Queen Olga of Greece
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January 1888
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Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg, and her daughter, (Future Consort of Spain) Princess Victoria Eugénie, 1888. Source Royal Trust Collection.
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King Alfonso XII of Spain and his wife Queen María de las Mercedes
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➺ Coronation Necklace
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Queen Victoria (1887)
Queen Alexandra (1902); without its pendant
Queen Mary (1911) /
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1937); without its pendant
Queen Elizabeth II (1953)
Queen Camilla (2023)
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Marie Adelaide of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy and mother of King Louis XV of France. 1710.
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The Last Grand Duchess of Imperial Russia
Olga Alexandrovna was the youngest daughter of Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna (1882 - 1960.) She adored her father; there was always friction between Olga and her mother, Empress Maria Feodorovna. Their personalities were very different. In this photograph, Grand Duchess Olga appears in Russian Court dress which she said she "hated" and felt very self-conscious wearing. She did not enjoy the experience of coming out into society and later told her official biographer Ian Vorres, "I felt as though I were an animal in a cage—exhibited to the public for the first time."
Olga was a compassionate, strong-willed woman who loved to help people. During WWI, she worked as a nurse close to the battle lines and received a medal for her efforts. She loved her nieces and nephews as well as animals and flowers. Olga was talked into a very unhappy marriage that ended unconsumed after fifteen years. Her second marriage was for love, and she had two children.
Grand Duchess Olga left Russia with her husband, children, and nanny, whom she adored and cared for until she died. She worked hard, helping her husband support the family. She painted throughout her life on paper, canvas, and ceramic; in exile, her painting served as a source of income for the family.
Olga outlived her husband. She died, cared for by friends, in a small apartment in East Toronto. She was 78 when she died, seven months after her older sister, Xenia. She has been labeled the last Grand Duchess of Imperial Russia. (gcl)
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Vorres, Ian (2001) [1964] The Last Grand Duchess. Toronto: Key Porter Books. 
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Princesses Dagmar and Thyra of Denmark, 1863
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Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna as a young girl.
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GOD SAVE THE KING!
The Archbishop of Canterbury places St Edward’s Crown on The King’s anointed head. The clergy, congregation and choir all cry ‘God Save The King’.
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“I think Queen Elisabeth of Belgium is incredible, but unfortunately she is underestimated in history. Like Princess Alice of Battenberg, Queen Elisabeth received the honor of “Righteous Among the Nations”, due to her help in rescuing hundreds of Jewish children who would be deported by the Nazi regime. It’s wonderful that the next Queen of Belgium will be named after her” - Submitted by Anonymous
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1899
Portrait of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse
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Portrait of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse by court painter Josefine Swoboda (1861-1924).
Watercolour.
Signed and dated on the lower right: “Josefine Swoboda. Windsor 1899”
Elisabeth is sitting and wears a dress of white lace and yellow silk. Round her neck is a large blue flower-shape pendant (the one Ernst Ludwig would posthumously add to a memorial golden chalice) as well as a tiny pearl band.
This portrait was probably made in Summer 1899, while Elisabeth stayed with her parents at Windsor visiting Queen Victoria.
At present, this portrait is housed in the Print Room at Windsor Castle, where it can be seen by appointment.
source: Royal Collection Trust.
Thank you princessvictoriamelita for sharing it with me, and thank you Thomas Aufleger for the extra information regarding the portrait.
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Princess Elizabeth of Greece with her son Count Hans Veit zu Toerring-Jettenbach.
Elizabeth, born 1904, was the middle daughter of Prince Nicholas of Greece and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia. She spent part of every year in Russia during her childhood visiting relatives, and along with her older sister, Olga, was “great chums” with Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich, according to their father Prince Nicholas.  
She married Count Karl Theodor zu Toerring-Jettenbach in 1934, and had two children, Hans Veit (1935) and Helene (1937), named after her Russian grandmother. 
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From left to right:
Archduchess Marie Valerie, her friend Princess Aglae von Auersperg, and Valerie's cousin, Duchess Amalie in Bavaria.
Credits on the image.
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Princess Zenaida Youssoupoff
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Grand Duchess Olga and Peter of Oldenburg with Princess Irina Alexandrovna. Taken on the day of their wedding.
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