Thursday, 11 January 2024

Australian Princess Her Highness Princess Melikoff aka Pauline Curran 1893 - 1988

 HH Princess Melikoff was born as Pauline Curran into a Tasmanian family that benefited greatly as part-inheritors of the Tattersall's fortune.
When Pauline was old enough to do as she pleased - this was when her father had passed away and she was allegedly past her first bloom of youth *ahem* - she found herself a handsome Russian aristocrat Prince Maximilian Melikoff and put on a Royal Wedding in Hobart in 1926 where police had to halt traffic for three hours.


Again, Netflix, here's a true Royal wedding story.

Princess Melikoff established a trust fund on her death which supports marine conservation and rescues of stranded marine mammals.

Further Reading - 

Princess Melikoff

Biography

How charitable trusts impact the community

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