Sunday, January 19, 2020

Excerpt from Alice's letter on Alix, 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 letter excerpt:

August 14.
... Baby is like Ella, only smaller features, and still darker eyes with very black lashes, and reddish-brown hair. She is a sweet, merry little person, always laughing, with a deep dimple in one cheek just like Ernie.


Above: Alice.


Above: Alix.

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