Royal Household Mail

Letters from Britain’s Royal Family & others | Philatelic account of @peterhornung_hh | Fellow @the_rpsl | Spokesperson IBRA28 World Stamp Expo Ulm, Germany

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"Tell Lilibet if she can get there by tea time we could get in a ride on Surprise before dinner." 1958 personal letter of Lord Mountbatten to #PrincePhilip on family matters mentioning #QueenElizabethII. One of two letters (the other one will stay in my collection) in private hands. They were sold in 2023 by an English auctioneer and are said to be legitimately acquired by a journalist from the Duke of Edinburgh himself in the 1950ties. I rarely sell items like this, but this time I do. https://t.co/257b8kUMWg

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"Major General Sir T M Biddulph is commanded to send Mr A W Brown the enclosed Post Office order for one pound as a donation from Her Majesty to assist him in his difficulties." 1868 letter of Thomas Biddulph, who became sole Keeper of the Privy Purse the year before.

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"It occurred to me that what would be most useful—and appropriate—would be apple trees to plant an orchard with the small field just beyond the kitchen garden." 1987 letter of Charles #PrinceofWales to friend & landscape consultant Vernon Russell-Smith.

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"Many thanks for your letter suggesting Lonsdale's house as an alternative to Clarence House. I feel we shall have to go to Clarence House, and there are some advantages to it." May 1936 letter of Albert #DukeofYork, from Dec 1936 on #KingGeorgeVI, to William Ormsby-Gore.

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„On 10 December 1938, a few days after his release from Dachau, the 64-year-old Abraham Auerbacher died as a result of his imprisonment.“ https://t.co/caNjIwfom8

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Stunning King's Messenger's Passport - a diplomatic courier from 1949-51, with extensive use to the Far East & The Americas.

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"Her Britannic Majesty having been graciously pleased to issue a Royal Warrant dispensing...empowering you to wear and use the Star Ribband and Badge of an Honorary Knight Commander of the...Order of the Bath..." 1844 document signed by Prince Albert as "Acting Grand Master".

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"Looking at my position I can’t imagine how we beat your team in that race! It is very sad to hear you won’t be ‘on the circuit’ again this year—I was so impressed by your dashing performance last season.” 1978 letter of Charles #PrinceofWales about a harness race in Scotland.

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"My mother was prepared for this, she knew, and passed away in peace with herself and the world she was leaving." 1977 letter of Prince Rainier III of Monaco. His mother, Princess Charlotte, lived in Château de Marchais, the Grimaldi estate outside Paris and died on 16 Nov 1977.

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'In proud memory of those Warriors who died unknown in the Great War'

This card, with a handwritten note from King George V, was placed with a wreath on the coffin of the Unknown Warrior before his burial in the Abbey on Armistice Day, 11th November 1920.

#Museum30 #Notes

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"It was a marvellous moment when Charles suddenly realized that I was the person he had been watching driving the carriage!' 1983 letter of #PrincePhilip on H.M. Yacht Britannia letterhead. Not clear who "dear Caroline" was, as the address was covered in white-out.

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"Sir Charles Phipps has been commanded to (...) inform (Mr Brown) that the numerous claims on Her Majesty’s Private Bounty will not allow her to contribute again to his assistance."- 1861 letter of Charles Beaumont Phipps was confidante of the Queen & Keeper of the Privy Purse.

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"Balfour has let me know about poor Ly Fitz-George’s sudden death, it is sad..."- 1934 letter of #QueenMary. Marguerite Watson became the 2nd Lady FitzGeorge upon her marriage to Rear-Admiral Sir Adolphus FitzGeorge, son of George, Duke of Cambridge, a cousin of #QueenVictoria.

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"The Marquis of Cholmondeley, Houghton Hall, King's Lynn, Norfolk"- 1972 cover addressed in the hand of Charles, #PrinceofWales mailed registered w/ special label of Sandringham House. Marquess of Cholmondeley is a title in the Peerage of the UK in 1815 & pronounced "chuhm·lee".

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“Thank you for your offer you have made to come and serve me, though I cannot easily satisfy you in this as there is no possibility of finding a suitable post for you." 1687 letter of Mary of Modena, Queen consort of King James II of England, to Count Giralamo Cassoli of Reggio.

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"I am very well aware of the origin of Outward Bound and the part played by your father." 1991 letter of #PrincePhilip. @OutwardBoundUK is an international network of outdoor education organisations. It was founded in the UK in 1941 by Lawrence Holt and educator Kurt Hahn.

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One postbox for each pictorial cancellation at Ulm‘s international stamp fair last weekend. @DeutschePostDHL was busy with handling philatelic mail. #PostboxSaturday

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"I often think of that lovely afternoon when I sat out with you in the verandah at Sheridan looking at the view." 1936 letter of #QueenMary to Mona Fitzalan-Howard, 11th Baroness Beaumont. She inherited the Barony at age 2, after her father accidentally shot himself.

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@guernseystamps Why NT$ as currency?

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"...sincere thanks for the part which you took in the vigil over The Late King, my father, in Sandringham Church from 8th to the 11th Feb, 1952." Letter signed "Elizabeth R". #KingGeorgeVI's coffin afterwards was carried, in procession, to the nearby Wolferton railway station.

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"Darling Baby, Should Ld Salisbury (Ly Antrim of crse) & one other of my gentlemen, dine & who else? —The 3 Russians & 2 Prussians? That might be too much?" Letter of #QueenVictoria ("Mum") to her daughter Princess Beatrice. Lord Salisbury served as Prime Minister three times.