Hello again ! Also I found this on a website "Princess Marie was born in Greece, the daughter of King George I. Putting things in a modern perspective, if she were alive today, she would be the great aunt of the Prince of Wales (Prince Charles).
Marie married Grand Duke George of Russia in 1900 (making her a Grand Duchess). In doing so, she left her beloved Greece for Russia and a seat within the royal household of the Romanov family. The couple had two daughters, Nina and Xenia. The children were friends with the czar's children, including the most famous, Anastasia. That's where Marie's story takes a tragic turn.
Due to Xenia's failing health, Marie relocated to England in 1914 just before World War I broke out. Her husband stayed behind, charged by Czar Nicholas II to oversee Russian troops. When the Bolsheviks seized power and murdered the royal family, her husband was imprisoned and later executed.
Marie and her children never returned to Russia. She died in 1940. Her daughter Xenia inherited her drawings. Xenia immigrated to the Unites States, married a successful businessman and settled in on tony Long Island. In a plot straight out of a nighttime soap opera, she had an affair with a horse trainer on their estate, divorced her husband, married the horse trainer and moved to a smaller home in nearby Glen Cove.
Abbondandolo lived across the street from the princess. His mother was one of her good friends. Though he was aware of her royal lineage (he still refers to her as Princess Xenia in conversation), he says she often felt just like every other neighbor who lived across the street.
"We knew she was a member of the Romanov family. The only time there was any fanfare was when the woman claiming to be Anastasia visited Xenia's home, trying to convince the princess that she was indeed who she claimed to be."
When Xenia passed away in 1968, she left the collection of drawings to the Abbondandolo family.
"My mom was an amateur artist in her own right," he says, "and Xenia felt she was the only person who really admired them for their artwork."
It was a move that Abbondandolo says Xenia's surviving heirs are none too happy about. "
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http://www.suntimes.com/output/galleries/wkp-news-muse03north.html It also tells you about pictures, that that her mother Maria, had done. Also This like has been posted in the 'New Links' section
