Source:
Alexandra Feodorovna: Diaries and Correspondence, volume 1: Princess of Hesse, 1872-1893, pages 248 to 249, by George Hawkins, 2023
The letter:
Dec 29th 1891
My душка Ксеніи,
Very best thanks for your dear letter and amusing card. These frogs are to bring you my fondest good wishes for Xmas and the New Year, wh I hope will be a very happy one for you. It was most dear of you to have thought of the old Hen.
I am sure it must have been a great pleasure to you, having had Toria and Maud in the Crimea; they seem to have enjoyed it so much. They will have cheered you up, after the sorrows of this summer.
How you must miss poor, dear little Alix — what a sweet creature she was; but such is life, those that are good and dearest to one are often taken away the first.
But now my Chick, I must say Goodbye. God bless you in the New Year and make you very happy and fulfill all your wishes.
A good kiss,
Ever yr very loving old
Alix
Above: Alix. Photo courtesy of TatianaZ on Flickr.
Above: Xenia with Princess Maria of Greece.
Note: "душка Ксеніи" = "darling Xenia".
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