A charming collection of hand-drawn Christmas cards by a young Queen Elizabeth II have emerged for sale for £12,000. Princess Elizabeth created the festive cards throughout the 1930s
Princess Elizabeth created the festive cards throughout the 1930s aged six. Read More:A charming collection of hand-drawn Christmas cards by a young Queen Elizabeth II have emerged for sale for £12,000.
One card has a drawing by Elisabeth of a Christmas tree on the front, a horseshoe inside and the inscription 'For Crawfie, from Lilibet'.A charming collection of hand-drawn Christmas cards by a young Queen Elizabeth II have emerged for sale for £12,000 'Very few original items written by them to her have been available on the collectors market until these cards appeared.'The collection included a card with a picture of Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and King George VI
When she died a lonely widow neither the Queen, the Queen Mother nor Princess Margaret sent a wreath to her funeral.It was this unsophisticated Scottish lassie who guided the young Princesses through the trauma of the abdication of their uncle, their father's accession to the throne and the terrors of World War II when she took refuge with them in the Windsor Castle dungeons as Luftwaffe bombers roared overhead.
She was there when Elizabeth met Philip at Dartmouth Naval College and was among the very first visitors when the Princess gave birth to Prince Charles who, at four days old, she described as 'healthy and strong, and beautifully made, with a flawless, silky skin'. After her death in 1988 it was reported that she had bequeathed to the Queen her collection of mementos from those years of royal duty — she had always refused to sell them.The newly unearthed treasure trove offers a fascinating glimpse into a unique world of the royal servant
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