Resting Places-Princess Catherine Yourievsky - St Peters Church-Northney-Hayling Island.
On a quest to see an ancient Yew tree, the grave of Princess Catherine Yourievsky stands out at the front of St Peters Church in Hayling Island.
‘Among those buried in St Peter’s Graveyard is Princess Yourievsky (1878 – 1959), a natural daughter of Tsar Alexander II of Russia who was legitimised by her parents’ marriage and who spent the last 27 years of her life on Hayling Island, dying in relative poverty. The gravestone gives her birth year as 1880, which was the year she was legitimised.’
Go HERE to see a video about the gravestone restoration and HERE to read about her life.
