Grand Duchess Olga on the beach in Finland: 1908. 

Nicholas II and Grand Duchess Anastasia with an officer taking a break from tennis in the Crimea: 1914. 

Tsarevich Alexei and his dog Joy outside the Imperial train: c. 1915.

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The Execution of Anne Boleyn → And then she knelt down saying, “To Christ I commend my soul, Jesus receive my soul” diverse times, till that her head was stricken off with the sword. And on the Ascension Day following, the king wore white for mourning.

I love that despite all the propaganda spread about Anne, it was her daughter, the unwanted “bastard” princess, who became the greatest Tudor monarch and quite possibly the greatest British monarch in history.

Grand Duchess Tatiana in her nursing uniform: c. 1915.

Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra and their daughters aboard the Standart: 1908. 

Grand Duchess Tatiana and Anna Vyrubova in Finland: 1912.

Grand Duchess Tatiana in Finland: 1908. 

The Imperial children and Anna Vyrubova with officers in the Crimea: 1910.

Empress Alexandra and Grand Duchess Tatiana greeting an official aboard the Standart: 1908.