Photo of Duke George Alexander of Mecklenburg and Archduchess Sophia of Austria after the 1956 wedding.

Photo: 9.9 x 9.6 cm. Sheet: 15 x 10.2 cm.

On the back side letter in Cyrillic, in blue ink: “Dear Andrey! After a long / silence caused by our / wedding, travel and endless / endless writing of grateful / letters, I want to write / in order to thank / you from my heart for such kind and / heartfelt wishes. We are / very / satisfied and happy and, it seems to me / we are well suited / to each other in views / and interests. In the autumn we will definitely / visit Paris and we are looking forward to seeing you. Hope / that you feel good. / Always deeply devoted to You [signature]. "

Georg Alexander, Count Georgy Karlov (Georg Alexander zu Mecklenburg, 1899-1963) was the son of Duke Georgy Georgievich Mecklenburg-Strelitsky and his morganatic wife Natalia Fyodorovna Vonlyarlyarskaya; Great-great-grandson of Emperor Paul I.
Charlotte of Austria (Charlotte von Österreich, 1921-1989) was an Austrian princess, daughter of the last emperor of the Austrian Empire Charles I and Cita of Bourbon-Parma.