MARGARETE (Beatrice Feodora, 1872-1954, Princess of Prussia, daughter of Frederick III Emperor of Prussia, wife of Frederick Charles, Landgrave of Hesse, 'Mossy', Victoria's grandaughter)

Affectionate autograph letter, signed 'Mossy', in English, to 'Beloved Nana', Mrs Mary Ann Wakelin, b. 1837 or 1838, saying "It is rather early to write ... to wish you a happy Christmas & New Year but I do so with all my heart ... thou[gh] John is not there ... did he write from Australia or from the ship?", she has been in bed, feverish, afterwards "I felt so week yesterday ... that I could hardly walk", her eldest sister CHARLOTTE, 1860-1919, "has lost her [husband's] Grandfather of Meiningen & has only shortly returned ... she loved him very much", she will address this letter "to where you told & we wrote it down. Now good-bye beloved pet much love to dear Gertrude ... your devoted loving Mossy", at the head, printed in colours, is a group of swallows delivering a letter, 4 sides 8vo., Berlin, 13th December

Mrs Wakelin was Nanny to the children of the Crown Prince, later Emperor Friedrich III, and Vicky, till 1878 or 1879. She remarried in 1886 to William Morter of Hampstead.

Item Date:  1882

Stock No:  17867      £150

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