Claims Made That She Was A Grand Duchess
Following her death, some women in Lydd became fascinated by Larissa's story and contacted author Michael Occleshaw about her. Occleshaw saw irregularities in the available information about Larissa, such as the different ages given on her marriage certificate, her tombstone, and her death certificate, the differences in the names given for her, the conflicting stories about her background, and Tudor's inexplicable income and return to the 3rd Battalion of The King's Own Hussars and promotion in rank following Larissa's death. There was no record of a woman named Larissa Haouk entering England between 1918 and 1923.
Occleshaw showed portraits of Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna, along with portraits of unrelated women from the same period, to people who had known Larissa. More than 60 years after Larissa's death, her former neighbors identified portraits of the grand duchess as Larissa. Larissa was described as "being tall, amazingly thin and very beautiful, having brown hair with an auburn tinge to it." This physical description was similar to descriptions of the Grand Duchess Tatiana, wrote Occleshaw.
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