Grace of Monaco Princess in Dior Exhibit at Hillwood

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My first visit to Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens in Washington D.C. since 2016.  The house and property were once owned by Marjorie Merriweather Post.  

Currently on display is a special exhibition, Grace of Monaco: Princess in Dior.  The exhibit runs through January 8, 2023.  Highly recommended.

Princess Grace's son, Prince Albert II visited Hillwood and the exhibition on November 3.  Photos from my visit will be featured in another blog post. The weather was perfect, 78 degrees and sunny.

https://hillwoodmuseum.org/

Thia is the hat and dress that Princess Grace wore to King Charles III's wedding as Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer in July 1981

The exhibition has a companion book, Grace of Monaco Princess in Dior, which was published in 2019.

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Queen Olga and her granddaughters

 

One of my readers recently bought this postcard of Queen Olga of the Hellenes, widow of King George I,  and all but one of her granddaughters.  He has allowed me to use the image in a post.

The photo, one of a series, was by George Boucas, the court photographer, taken in 1923.

I may be off on the identifications.

Three girls in front:  L-R  Princess Katherine,  Princess Sophie, and Princess Cecile

Back:  L-R:  Princess Marina, Princess Theodora, Princess Xenia of Russia,  Princess Margarita, Princess Elisabeth Queen Olga, Princess Helen, Princess Nina of Russia, Princess Olga,  Princess Irene.

Two granddaughters are not in the photo:  Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna of Russia and Princess Eugenie of Greece and Denmark.