Before the smile was stolen...

Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt, future Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia (1872-1918) in 1876, aged four, two years before the deaths of her mother and little sister, a double tragedy that would traumatise her for life, transform her personality, and, for the most part, steal her smile.

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Originally black and white photo colourised by me in Photoshop.