ALS signed “Elizabeth,” one page both sides, 4.75 x 7.5, Balmoral Castle letterhead, August 11, 1947. Handwritten letter to Richard, in full: “I was so very pleased to receive your kind letter of congratulations on my engagement, and I send you my sincere thanks for your good wishes, which I much appreciate. It is so nice to know that one’s friends are thinking of one at such an important moment of one’s life. It must be lovely to be home again, for you seem to have been away for a long time. I hope you found your family well – Ela’s baby sounds very sweet, though I thought the bit about the girl guide hat was a bit unkind! We have just arrived up here, where it is all wonderfully peaceful and a great change from London. Thank you again so much, and I hope we shall see you again before too long.” In fine condition.
Princess Elizabeth met her future husband, Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, in 1934 and again in 1937. They were second cousins once removed through King Christian IX of Denmark and third cousins through Queen Victoria. After meeting for the third time at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth in July 1939, Elizabeth—though only 13 years old—said she fell in love with Philip, who was 18, and they began to exchange letters. She was 21 when their engagement was officially announced on July 9, 1947.
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