Mysterious princess's story to be told

THE story of a mysterious Russian princess and her days in Shoreham will be told at a Heritage Talk on Monday.
By The Newsroom
Published 4th Nov 2015, 14:14 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 05:59 BST

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Lydia Yavorska, the Russian princessLydia Yavorska, the Russian princess
Lydia Yavorska, the Russian princess

Lydia Yavorska, Princess Bariatinsky, was a Russian actress who took the English stage by storm, became a fashion icon and a suffragette, defied the Bolsheviks, and now rests in the quiet churchyard of St Nicolas in Shoreham.

The unusual tombstone had long been the subject of curiosity but the mystery of Shoreham’s Russian princess was unravelled by John and Jeanette Simpson.

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They will tell the fascinating story in an audio visual presentation, ‘A princess in Shoreham – the actress who brought us Anna Karenina’, at Southwick Community Centre at 7.30pm, as part of the Southwick Society’s series of Heritage Talks.

Nigel Divers, society secretary, said: “This really is a true story more dramatic than the plot of Dr Zhivago, and John and Jeanette’s telling of it is superb.”