In Memoriam
Romanov 100th Anniversary
17th July 2018
Pictured in the photograph is Princess Olga Romanoff, the great-niece of Tsar Nicholas II in the Astoria Hotel, St Petersburg on the morning of the memorial service to mark the 100th anniversary of the death of the last Tsar, Tsarina, their children and acquaintances.
Daily Telegraph
‘In honour of their long Russian heritage, the Romanov women wore hats made “by imperial appointment” by Lady Laura Cathcart, whose ancestors were ambassadors to the court of Catherine the Great in the 18th century’.
Daily Mail
‘A feather in the cap for society milliner Lady Laura Cathcart, wife of writer William Cash and eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess Cathcart, who has been appointed hat maker to the House of Romanov… Princess Olga Romanov, the great-niece of Tsar Nicholas II and her daughter Alex will wear Laura’s creations today at the official graveside service in St Petersburg to mark the centenary of the murder of the Russian royal family’.
In 1768, Laura’s ancestor Charles, 9th Earl Cathcart, known as ‘Patch’ due to the black silk patch he wore on his cheek after being shot in the face at the Battle of Fontenoy, and who was well known to Catherine the Great, was appointed ambassador at St Petersburg’.
Laura subsequently launched her ‘in memoriam’ collection featuring hats in black and midnight blue for memorial services, funerals and military occasions.
