Alice, grand duchess of Hesse, princess of Great Britain and Ireland. Letters to Her Majesty the Queen, 1885
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Grand Duchess Alice of Hesse, formerly Princess of Great Britain and Ireland (1843-1878), wrote to her mother Queen Victoria after Alix's birth, the letter was written on June 17, 1872.
The letter:
June 17.
Many thanks for your dear letter and kind wishes for the birth of our Baby — a nice little thing, like Ella, only smaller and with finer features, though the nose promises to be long....
Kind Dr. Hofmeister was most attentive; and of course having him was far pleasanter than not, and we owe you great thanks for having sent him. Mrs. Clarke has been all one could wish.
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We think of calling our little girl 'Alix' (Alice they pronounce too dreadfully in German) 'Helena Louise Beatrice,' and, if Beatrice may, we would much like to have her as godmother.
Above: Alice.
Above: Queen Victoria.
Above: Alix.
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