Sunday, January 19, 2020

Excerpt on Alix from her mother's letter to Queen Victoria, year 1872

Source:

Alice, grand duchess of Hesse, princess of Great Britain and Ireland. Letters to Her Majesty the Queen, 1885

https://archive.org/details/alicegrandduches04alic/page/248

The excerpt:

Darmstadt: June 24th.
... I will add Vicky's name to Baby's others, as you propose; and 'Alix' we gave her for 'Alice,' as they murder my name here: 'Aliicé' they pronounce it, so we thought 'Alix' could not so easily be spoilt.


Above: Alice.


Above: Alix.

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