Excerpt from Ella's letter to Queen Victoria, after the deaths of Alix's mother Princess Alice and younger sister May (Marie), dated January 2, 1879

Source:

Alexandra Feodorovna: Diaries and Correspondence, volume 1: Princess of Hesse, 1872-1893, page 8, by George Hawkins, 2023

The letter excerpt:

January 2nd 1879
... Dear little Alix understands nothing of our loss — & is as merry as possible. She has begun her little lessons with a German lady....

She likes talking French too, or at least tries! ...

Above: Alix with her grandmother Queen Victoria.

Above: Ella.