A mourning card hand written by Princess Beatrice (1857-1944...

Hammer

£30

A mourning card hand written by Princess Beatrice (1857-1944), on embossed Kensington Palace notecard with black borders, reading:

Jan 9th
Dear Mrs Foa,
How kind of you to have again sent me such a lovely pot of flowers, for which I beg you accept my best thanks,
yrs very sincerely
Beatrice

in black banded envelope addressed to Mrs Foa, 12cm W x 9.5cm H

Biographical note: Princess Beatrice (1857–1944) was the fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Her mother’s favourite, Queen Victoria only reluctantly allowed Beatrice to marry on condition that she and her husband, Prince Henry of Battenberg, made their home with her. After his death in 1896, Beatrice succeeded him as Governor of the Isle of Wight, living first at Osborne with her mother and later making Carisbrooke Castle her home.

Provenance: Wykey House