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Nicholas II and Victoria Melita of Hesse

That’s definitely not Nicky. I’m not 100% on who it is though.

I wonder if it is just one of her groomsmen. At first I thought it could be her brother but I don’t think it is. 

Grand Duchess Victoria Melita of Hesse with her dog at Wolfsgarten: 1900.

Grand Duchess Victoria Melita of Hesse leading her daughter Princess Ella on her pony: 1899.

Crown Princess Marie of Romania and her sister Grand Duchess Victoria of Hesse (Ducky) at Wolfsgarten c. 1900. 

Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna (Ducky) and her daughters by Grand Duke Kyril Vladimirovich, Princesses Maria and Kyra Kyrilovna: 1915. 

The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Hesse: 1894. 

Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna of Russia (Ducky), Queen Marie of Romania, and Grand Duke Kyril Vladimirovich of Russia: 1920s. 

The Hessian Grand Ducal Tiara: worn by Alexandra Feodorovna’s mother Grand Duchess Alice, and her sister-in-laws Grand Duchess Victoria Melita (Ducky) and Grand Duchess Eleanor (Ernie’s second wife). 

Grand Duchess Victoria Melita of Hesse and her daughter, Princess Ella of Hesse: 1899.

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Ducky

Lord, she does look like a duck.

I never could figure out whether she was called Ducky because she looked like a duck or for some other reason. Unfortunately for her, she definitely did not inherit her looks from the Romanovs like her sister Missy did. I do think that if her daughter Ella had lived, she would have been a beauty rivaling Nicholas and Alexandra’s daughters.