Item 3008 - This 76 year old, black bordered official memorandum dated April 8, 1936 from Buckingham Palace was written by Queen Mary. King George V has died on January 20, 1936 a mere three month earlier, thus all Queen Mary's correspondence was on black bordered stationary. It is a thank you for a gift of a book and states she is looking forward to receiving the second volume. She writes,
I am most grateful to you for the
interesting little book (vol II) & hope you will send me
vol III when it appears.
At the top of the memorandum it says, from "Queen Mary." -Written in her hand as is the date .This memorandum is 72 years old. It's amazing it has remained in tact all these years. This memorandum is printed on official royal mill paper. $3,500.00 plus postage Order
Item 3009 - This 32 year old next letter from HRH Prince Charles shows, he was under great pressure in 1980 to find a wife and get married and it seems whomever his family found would be suitable. In this seven page letter written on official Windsor Castle paper dated June 8, 1980, Charles writes to a girlfriend Janet Jenkins from Montreal, Canada.
Dearest Janet,
I fear this is somewhat belated, but it still comes with affectionate
birthday greetings
and in the hope that you will forgive me for being unable to find
a suitable card!
This time of year is unbearable from the point of view of everything
happening at once
and - the most hectic- I seem to have another slate of annoying
speeches in the last month
or two and so I apologize for appearing to be thoroughly useless
over remembering your
natal day. I told you long ago I wasn't a very helpful person
to know!
It was splendid to hear you on the telephone, but sad to miss
you while I was in Canada
My new private secretary is horrified by the idea of ladies in
hotels during foreign tours,
so, even if you had been in Canada and able to come to Vancouver,
I daresay I would
have had a frightful struggle! I can see that I shall just have
to get married as soon as
possible and then all these people might relax a little...!
I do hope you have recovered from the traumatic business of marriage
& divorce in
such a short time. Thank goodness you discovered the mistake early
enough and didn't
start a family.
Starting a family & making a mistake like that is frankly,
something which concerns
me enormously and I think my solution of marrying a girl form
each commonwealth
county is the best one!
Don't worry- whatever happens I will make sure you are given early
warning----
Let me know if you are ever coming
back over this way and do take care of yourself - an
don't do anything rash!
With much love and many happy returns of that special day,
from Charles
This letter from a man who, within a year, we are to believe, found, fell in love with and became engaged to the woman he would spend the rest of his life with? Really! Diana was like a lamb unknowingly being led to slaughter in 1980.
This letter comes with the original, hand written, postmarked envelope. $7,500.00 plus postage Order
SOLD This 31 year old letter dated November 10, 1981 was written to a friend of Diana's during the early months of her pregnancy with Prince William. She writes, "I don't like complaining but it's not that great at the moment". She continues later in this three page letter, "Hubby is going around on a cloud saying how marvelous & clever he is - I spend a lot of time reminding him that I'm the one carrying it!- but it doesn't seem to make any difference.- sigh! It is signed ," Very much love from Diana."
It is sad to think of this young, beautiful, vibrant girl leading such an unhappy life when things could and should have ended so differently. I often wonder what Prince Charles thinks when he hears, reads about or sees Diana on TV which is inescapable since a day doesn't go by in either England or the US with out the mention of her name. $22,000.00 SOLD
SOLD You are looking at a rare piece of history. This bracelet belonged the most famous women of all time.Imagine owning and wearing a piece of jewelry once belonging to Princess Diana. As we all know, Diana loved children. One of her favorites was the daughter of a good friend, who she invited to be in her wedding . She loved this little girl and stayed friends with her until her death in 1997. After many of her visits, Diana would send her little gifts and note cards. Diana had a collection of enameled bracelets she wore all through her teenage years. After many visits, she would select a bracelet and send it to her little friend. A British magazine did an article last year on her bridesmaids. I quote from the article, "I got to know all the other bridesmaids and page boys and we had a lot of fun, although I don't see any of them now. I remember going down to Highgrove and she (Diana) showed me all over the house. We went into the kitchen and she said, "Here's the cupboard where the biscuits are kept. If you ever feel hungry, help yourself." In her bathroom, she had a lot of enameled bracelets and each time I visited she would give me one. I was so thrilled to have some grown-up jewelry. This one bracelet is being offered with the gift tag. Along with the bracelet and the gift tag, you will receive a copy of the British magazine carrying the story of her bridesmaid who fondly remembered Diana, the woman she used to call her big sister. This green cloisonne bracelet is one of five bangles sent to her little bridesmaid. It comes with a little note cards which reads, " Very much love, Diana". The little note has been kept for over 26 years. Remember, this isn't a gift purchased. This was Diana's bracelet. SOLD
SOLD - This 31 year old hand written letter from Princess Diana is dated December 8, 1981. It is on official royal stationary. It was written to one of her bridesmaids who was away at school. She writes:
Dearest ____
What a lovely letter you wrote to me- Thank you very much for
writing. I wondered why
I hadn't heard for you for a while.
School must be nearly finished & Christmas is in sight - What
have you asked for?
(Can;t read) came and had lunch here as your father was racing.
She was very well as I
hadn't seen her for ages. It was lovely to see her.
I am sorry to hear about your eye and hope by now, they are better.
I am afraid school
tends to be like that & definitely take no notice of Sandi.
She doesn't sound very grown
up.
Hope to see you soon. Until then take care & very much love,
Diana
It is hard to believe 31 years have past since the wedding. $17,500.00 Order
Item 3014 - This little diary was given as a gift by Princess Diana to one of her bridesmaids. It is inscribed on the cover page. Diana writes,
Dearest _______
Lots of love
Diana
This diary as with all the other gift items to any of her bridesmaids was purchased directly by me from her personally. $6,500.00 plus postage Order
SOLD - Here is an incredible 85 year old black and white photograph of Queen Mary holding baby Princess Elizabeth (now Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II) on her lap. It is signed by Queen Mary, "Mary & Baby Elizabeth 1927." This is a very rare photo. It is in excellent condition with the exception of the date 1927 being very faint and the ink at the end of the 2 and 7 having smeared a tiny bit. $3,500.00 SOLD
SOLD This incredible 35 year old postcard was written by Diana when she was a 16 year old girl attending West Heath, a girl's boarding school in Kent. The cake she writes about had been sent for her birthday. She is writing to Betty Andrews who worked for the Spencer family from 1945 to 1981. This postcard is dated July 4th. The postmark is 1977. Diana, writes, " thank you for the super birthday cake." She also talks of great meals and how it was bad for her figure. This is one of the rarest Diana items to have survived all these years. She has signed it , "Lots of Love, Diana" $18,500.00 SOLD
Item 3018 - This incredibly RARE 75 year old hand written letter from the Duchess of Windsor is dated August 29, 1937 a mere 8 months after King Edward VIII gave up the throne to marry her. In this letter she writes,
Dear George,
I appreciate you thought of me lost. He calls here even though
the flowers went astray.
It was a time where one hopes one's old friends were thinking
a little bit about me. It was
all so horrible and such a strain. We had a lovely summer resting
from those months and
now look forward to starting our lives afresh.
Hoping we meet someday and that you are well and happy
I am yours ever,
Wallis
This one page, double sided letter comes with the original, hand written, postmarked envelope. This letter is more personal than anything sold at the now famous "Duke and Duchess of Windsor auction.
Edward nearly 42-years-old and a bachelor, made known his desire to marry an Wallis Warfield Simpson (later the Duchess of Windsor), whom he had known since 1931. He sought the approval of his family, the Church of England, and the political establishment to marry, but met with strong opposition. She had been married twice and her second divorce was still pending. This love affair and possible royal marriage resulted in sensational newspaper headlines around the world and created a storm of controversy, but did not sway Edward. On December 10, 1936, King Edward VIII submitted his abdication and it was endorsed by Parliament the next day. He thus became the only British monarch ever to resign voluntarily. $6,295.00 plus postage Order
The following is printed from Yahoo
Royal Watch, January 30, 2003. Reuters | Ananova | Sky News |
Photos Thursday January 30, 07:17 AM
Queen Mother demanded ban on Edward's return. The Queen Mother
was instrumental in preventing the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
from returning to England in the wake of the 1936 Abdication Crisis.
Previously top-secret files show she told her husband, King George
VI, she had no wish to meet the Duchess, formerly Wallis Simpson.
Edward VIII gave up his throne and moved to France to be with her. In a hand-written letter, dated December 14, 1938, to the then Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, George VI said: "I think you know that neither the Queen (Elizabeth, later the Queen Mother) nor Queen Mary (George V's widow) have any desire to meet the Duchess of Windsor, and therefore any visit made for the purpose of introducing her to members of the Royal Family obviously becomes impossible." In an angry letter to Chamberlain, the Duke, who abdicated on December 11, 1936, complained he was being condemned to exile. Writing from Cannes in the south of France on December 22, 1937, the Duke said: "When I decided to give up the Throne last December, I realized that the only dignified and sensible course for me to follow was to leave the country for a period, the length of which was naturally to be determined by a number of considerations. "But I never intended, nor would I ever have agreed, to renounce my native land or my right to return to it for all time." "It is hardly necessary for me to repeat to you my loyalty to my brother as King; nor as a patriotic Englishman could I countenance any disruptive action in others. "But I cannot refrain from saying, with the frankness you would expect of me, that the treatment which has been meted out to my wife and myself since last December, both by the Royal Family and by the Government, has caused us acute pain."
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Item 3019 - This eight page 31 year old letter dated April 10, 1981 was sent to friends while Charles was on a tour of New Zealand. It is on official Buckingham Palace stationary and comes with the hand written, postmarked envelope.
Dear ______________
Word vaguely reached me that Good Prospect didn't do all that
well at Landborn the
other day - but at least he distinguished himself by not beating
Special Cargo! That would
have been altogether far too embarrassing! I hope Richard enjoyed
riding him. How did
he find him in the race? I long to know what recommendations he
can give to me.
Believe it or not, I turned the television on the other evening
at the end of a long day (in
the middle of nowhere) & thank joy, they had a film on the
Grand National and a
sporting program. I sat glued to the screen with tears trickling
down my face and was
thrilled that Aldaniti and Bob Champion should have such a triumph
after all their
disasters I have written a fan letter to Bob Champion and hope
my office will ask you if
you could pass it on to him if you ever see him. Aldaniti certainly
jumps with apparently
effortless ease, compared to many of the others, and I was so
glad Spartan Missile came
in second. John Thorne has given huge hope to the over 30s!
This tour is unbelievably hectic and shows no likelihood of being
any less so in the next
3 weeks. The real problem is keeping up my enthusiasm on each
new day because I am
beginning to get fed up with the amount of nonsensical rubbish
I take all day and every
day! If one more N Z (New Zealand) child asks me what it's like
to be a prince I shall go
demented.
I had one game of polo last weekend, which was enormous fun &
did me a world of
good. It now looks as though I have been given another polo pony
as a wedding present
from the (can't read) whose team are playing in the UK this summer.
It went very well for me in NZ , but then it will turn out to
be useless. Some very nice
looking horses out there & much pleasure that the NZ horses
did will in the National.
Kindless, fallacious remarks & references about falling off
horses are beginning to get
through to me. It seems as though the main thing they know about
me out here---! It all
increases my determination to make them laugh out the other side
of their faces one day!
I confess to be a conceit and to make more undulated rubbish per
square minute that you
would believe possible. Will you come and visit me when they strap
me in a white apron
and deposit me in some institution?
Longing to return to prove the (can't read) wrong. Who knows how
I'm going to get fit
again...! Give the horse a limp of sugar from me .
Much love, Charles
This letter of complaint from a man who leads the most privileged life in the world being waited on hand and foot from morning to night. This letter also talks of his falling off a horse and how he is going to make people laugh out the other side of their faces one day. This letter doesn't sound like it was written by a man who was in love and had just gotten engaged to be married on February 24, 1981. His entire letter seems to be very angry! $7,500.00 plus postage Order
SOLD This touching 22 year old letter dated January 3, 1990 to a lady shows what Diana was all about and why she is remembered as she is today. She met this lady for the first time and was so touched by her troubles she wrote her the following three and a half page letter. She writes, "I kept thinking what a wonderful lady you are to go through all this". She adds, "Forgive me for being so personal but I mind so much for you both and want to help in any way that I can or that's possible." This touching letter to a lady she had just met shows the kindness, sympathy and empathy which made Diana such a special person. This letter is written on Diana's official Kensington Palace, red bordered stationary with her initial D. It comes with the original, hand written, postmarked envelope. She has signed the letter, "Yours sincerely, Diana" $12,000.00 SOLD
