Princess Irina Pavlovna Paley,, was the daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia and his second wife Olga Valerianovna Paley.
Background
Irina was born in Paris because her parents had been exiled for marrying without the permission of Tsar Nicholas World War II Her parents" marriage was considered morganatic, meaning that her father had not married a woman of equal rank and their children took their mother"s rank rather than their father"son
Career
Irina"s mother was later granted the title of Her Serene Highness Princess Paley. The family was allowed to return to Russia during World War I. Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, Grand Duke Paul, who was too ill to register with the rest of the Romanov family, was under close observation by the new government. He spoke while he walked, and this allowed him to overcome his reserve and his intense shyness.
Did he sense then that he had not long to live?.