romanovsonelastdance: Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna in 1901The children Margaretta described in [The
romanovsonelastdance: Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna in 1901The children Margaretta described in [The Girl’s Own Paper and Women’s Magazine] were real little girls, appealing and appalling by turns. Grand Duchess Olga, whom she nursed between the ages of three and nine years, was very conscious of her position as the eldest in the family and inclined to be imperious. She could be difficult to manage; she was, on the other hand, very perceptive towards other people. One anecdote Margaretta told concerned a beautiful doll, given to the children’s cousin Elisabeth of Hesse when the Russians were visiting Darmstadt. All the children played with the doll and admired it; then, when bedtime came, Elisabeth presented it to the cousins on impulse and ran from the room in tears. It was a delicate situation. ‘I mentioned that it was not necessary to keep everything that was given to them,’ Margaretta remembered, ‘and Olga said, “I should like to talk to Tatiana.”’ The two had a whispered conversation, then Olga put the doll on a chair between their beds. The next morning she gave it back to her cousin, thanking her for lending it to them. In answer to Elisabeth’s protests, Olga said that the doll had been a gift to her, which she should not give away. ‘The other child said nothing, but her face showed her delight at recovering her treasure.’ For a child of seven, it was a mature way of dealing with the problem. Charlotte Zeepvat, From Cradle to Crown -- source link
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