Princess Nadine Romanovskya

Princess Nadine Romanovskya (née Nadine Sylvia Ada McDougall; 5 June 1908 – 6 June 2000), also known as Princess Andrew of Russia, was a British aristocrat and heiress. She was the owner and châtelaine of Provender House in Kent, which she inherited from her maternal family.

Early life and family

Princess Nadine was born Nadine Sylvia Ada McDougall in London on 5 June 1908. A member of Clan MacDougall, she was the eldest of three daughters of Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert McDougall of Cawston Manor and Sylvia Nordstein (née Borgström). Her father was an officer in the British Army and her mother was a Finnish heiress. Nadine's sister, Pamela, later married George Henry Milles-Lade, 4th Earl Sondes.

She grew up at her family's estate, Provender House, in Kent. The house was noted for having been a hunting lodge of Edward the Black Prince.

Nadine was sent to be educated at a boarding school when she was eight years old.

In 1949, she and her husband moved into Provender House, which she inherited from her mother. The house had previously been requisitioned by the British Army during World War II but was later returned to Nadine. As the châtelaine of Provender House, she redecorated the house and painted fireplaces in cream color.

Nadine refused to send her daughter to school, as she had hated her own schooling, instead hiring private tutors in the home. She tried to arrange a betrothal between her daughter and Charles, Prince of Wales, who was a relative of her husband. In 1967, she ensured her daughter was listed in Harper's Bazaar as one of six foreign princesses that were suitable candidates to wed the Prince of Wales.

Nadine died at Provender House on 6 June 2000. She was buried at St Mary Churchyard in Norton, Buckland and Stone.