"I want people to look and see me, Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova, not the caboose on a train of grand duchesses. Someday, I promise myself, no one will be able to hear my name or look...
One day, my dad looked at me, and then looked at my mom, and said: “It’s me or him. Choose.” I thought my mom would take my side, but I was so, so wrong.