Well this is a bit more on Nicholas' half but here's a little something I recently read while re-reading NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA by Robert K. Massie:
"...he faithfully recorded,day after day,the state of the weather,the number of birds he shot,and the names of those with whom he talked and dined with."
And also:
(speaking of Nicholas' and King George V's diaries):"both were kept primarily as a catologue of engagements,written in a terse,monotonous prose,and regarded as one of the daily disciplines of an ordered life."(Massie goes on to explain how the diaries are different).
So here is what I'm thinking:
JUNE 3
Weather is warm and sunny.Quite wonderful.Didn't shoot any birds sadly,but there is always tomorrow.I dined with darling Mama and Xenia.
OR as Julia Montague said something like:
JUNE 3
Awoke at 7
Weather-sunny,warm
birds shot-none
spoke,dined w/ Mama,Xenia
I'm not sure how reliable(sp?)Massie is(although I am sure he is quite reliable),I noticed that Nicholas' entries are much like what say,Anne Frank would write-paragraph(s)of what went on during the course of the day.Now moving on to Anastasia,(this is just me)I think that she'd write something like what her father would write-maybe a few little sentences like what was mentioned in N&A(the book).
(GD Anastasia)
DECEMBER 1
Awoke dear Maria this morning-how agitated she was,but she quickly laughed when she saw the cause of my excitement-snow!We ate,etc. etc.,then ran outside and skated.Quite a jolly day!
or
DECEMBER 1
Awoke at 7,woke up Maria
Breakfasted with Olga Tatiana Maria Alexei and Mama
lessons
went outside and skated
