Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff
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Olga Andreevna Mathew (born April 8, 1950 London as Olga Romanoff) is the daughter of His Highness Prince Andrei Alexandrovich Romanov, who was himself the son of Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, sister of Tsar Nicholas II.
Princess Olga is the great-granddaughter of Her Imperial Majesty the Dowager Empress Maria, through which she is related to all the major royal houses of Europe. She is also a cousin of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of Britain. She is the only child of Prince Andrei to have been educated at home by private tutors.
On 1 October 1975 she married Thomas Mathew and had four children:
- Nicholas (b. 1976),
- Francis (b. 1978),
- Alexandra (b. 1981) and
- Thomas (b. 1987-1989).
She lives with her family in Kent in the large manor house (dating from 1400s) that she spent a large sum of money restoring.
As a granddaughter of a Russian Grand Duke, Olga was born with the title of Her Highness with the style of Princess. Princess Olga uses the English version of her family name, preferring 'Romanoff' to the Russian 'Romanova'. From 1950 to 1975, she held the title Her Highness Olga Andreevna Romanoff, Princess of Russia. In 1975, she received the title Her Highness Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff, Mrs Thomas Mathew.
In 2006, she was on Australian Princess (an Australian reality TV show) giving advice to competitors.
