Jan 27, 2025
"...but most delightful of all was the lady of the house, the Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna. Her chief attraction lay not in her beauty but in the rare, delicate charm which she had inherited from her mother, the Empress Marie Feodorovna. Her wonderful gray eyes seemed to penetrate one's innermost soul, and everyone who came near her fell a slave to her grace, modesty and kindness of heart. From early childhood I looked forward to her visits and, when she left, I would wander about the rooms, rapturously sniffing a delicious odor of lilies of the valley which still lingered in the air".
Prince Felix Youssoupoff "Lost splendor"
