Christmas card, signed, for 1969

Queen ELIZABETH, the Queen Mother

Beschreibung

Single stiff card sheet, folded, 235 x 185mm, engraved with a gold crown. Slightly creased at one corner, some foxing of the exterior. Inscribed by the sender, "from Elizabeth R". Mounted inside the card is an oval colour portrait, 166 x 126mm, of the Queen Mother in pink and pearls. The unnamed recipient of the card was Queen Elizabeth's old friend Lord David Cecil. As a boy, his Oxford friend A.L. Rowse recorded in Friends and Contemporaries (1989), Cecil "fancied himself in love with a neighbour, a charming girl from St Paul's Walden who was often at Hatfield, and became Queen as wife of George VI. They remained friends all through their long lives." Or, as Cecil's daughter Laura Hornak put it, "He used to play with Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. He was six and she was slightly older. He said she was his first love.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 31M100099

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Christmas card, signed, for 1969

Einband: No Binding

Zustand: Very Good

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)