“I HOPE I WAS ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE A CERTAIN AMOUNT TO THE BAG WITH MY DOGS” ELIZABETH II (1926-2022, Longest Serving Monarch of Great Britain)

Fine Personal Autograph Letter Signed ‘Lilibet’ to ‘Dearest Patricia’ (Patricia KNATCHBULL, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Lady Brabourne, 1924-2017, third cousin and close friend of the Queen) saying that they “all so enjoyed our stay with you at Hatch for the shoot. Thank you for having Philp and me and Andrew, as it is so rare nowadays to see them at all! I hope I was able to contribute a certain amount to the bag with my dogs - and I know Meldrum and Alan Goodship enjoyed it too. It is lovely that you now have a grand daughter and all is well for the weekend! I hope you get this note before I see you and with again all our thanks to you and John...”, 2 sides 8vo., Buckingham Palace headed paper, 9th December

Lady Mountbatten succeeded her father to the Earldom Mountbatten of Burma when he was assassinated in 1979, as his peerages had been created with special remainder to his daughters and their heirs male. This inheritance accorded her the title of countess and a seat in the House of Lords, where she remained until 1999, when the House of Lords Act 1999 removed most hereditary peers from the House. She was married to John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne (1924-2005). They became one of the few married couples each of whom held a peerage in their own right, and whose descendants inherited titles through both.

Item Date:  1982

Stock No:  42231      £5750

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