2. Majolier, p 191
3. LRA MS 1363/101, Gray, 138
4. Ibid, 1363/119
5. Majolier, p 192
6. August 2, LRA MS 1363/103-3
7. LRA MS 1363/69
8. The Times, London, July 6,, 1924
9. Cyril, p 220
10. Ibid, p 248
11. Ibid, p 247
12. Ibid, p 222, 248
13. Letter, October 4, 1924, kindly provided by Prince Nicholas Romanov, great-nephew of ‘Nikolasha’
14. Cyril, p 222
15. Ibid, p 165
16. Ibid, p 232
17. Ibid, p 248
18. Almanac de Gotha, 1936
19. Gray, p 146
20. Majolier, p 226
21. Ibid, p 230
22. Illyustrirovannaya Rossiya, Paris, August 1, 1931. LRA MS 1363/123
23. Natasha grand-daughter Pauline Gray to author
24. Death certificate: copy to author from Natasha’s grand-daughter Pauline
25. Gushchik, p 46
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