Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna Romanova of Russia,Princess Irina Alexandrovna Romanova of Russia,Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich Romanov of Russia,Prince Andrei Alexandrovich Romanov of Russia.
Photo 1 : Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, Princess Irina Alexandrovna and Tsesarevich Alexei Nikolaevich in Krasnoye Selo, 30th July - 6th August 1907.
Photo 2 : Princess Irina Alexandrovna and Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna in Krasnoye Selo, 30th July - 6th August 1907.
Photo 3-4 : Princess Irina Alexandrovna in Krasnoye Selo, 30th July - 6th August 1907.
Felix Yusupov and Princess Irina Alexandrovna on their wedding day, 9th/22nd February 1914
“Our darling has gone - what joy, yet my God! How empty the house feels (and my heart!) after all the excitement and bustle of the last days. May the Lord only bless their happiness and life. It’s the most important - the rest is nothing. […] Mama and Nicky were her sponsors. We passed down the hall. Vasia walked in front with an icon (what a dear!), Nicky led Irina, I walked behind him with Mama, who was led by Sandro. […]
They both looked so lovely, so young, happy and she - so lovely n the little diadem which he gave her, and my veil. Nicky said he had never seen her so beautiful! […] The young couple were radiant, it’s the only thing that kept me going. Towards six o’clock we left. Irina and Felix passed by to see his parents. We went home, to welcome them with the bread and salt! They were photographed again in the hall. […] May God grant them a safe arrival, and every, every good thing… my God. What emptiness in the house.”
- Extracts of Xenia Alexandrovna’s diary, 9th/22nd February 1914
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna sitting to next to Princess Irina Youssoupoff, whose in a nursing uniform.
Photos being auctioned by Coutau-Begarie on the 31st of March. Personally, I had never seen a photo of Princess Irina in a nursing uniform previously so this is unique photograph, IMO.
Irina’s wedding dress was magnificent; it was of white satin embroidered in silver, with a long train. Her face veil, which had belonged to Marie Antoinette, was held by a tiara of rock crystal and diamonds.
The question of what I should wear gave rise to lively discussions. I firmly refused to appear in a tail coat in the daytime, but all the suggestions made raised a storm of protest. Finally the uniform of the nobility - a black frock coat with collar and lapels embroidered in gold, and white broadcloth trousers - was decided on.
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