Photo of the Week: Times change but people stay the same

    This week's photo sees Grand Duchesses Maria & Anastasia Nikolaevna leaning in to plant a kiss on each cheek of Countess Anastasia 'Nastenka' Hendrikova's face. Hereditary titles aside, it's a scene that wouldn't be out of place in 2021. Hendrikova was a lady-in-waiting for their mother, Empress Alexandra, and acted as an unofficial governess for the grand duchesses. Like the Romanovs she was murdered by the Bolsheviks in the summer of 1918.