"MY BABIES ARE SUCH TURKS" SOPHIA (Dorothea Ulrike Alice, 1870-1932, Princess of Prussia, daughter of Emperor Friedrich III, wife, 1889, of King Constantine I of Greece)

Long autograph letter signed to 'My dearest old Nana dear', Mrs Mary Ann Wakelin (b. 1837 or 1838, née Conway, from 1886 Mrs William Morter), saying "My thoughts are ... often with you & I long to see you again!", she hopes to "next year, ... My Babies are such Turks ... the big one wears little trousers already, and the second is quite a Baby still! such a Beauty!", she goes on to beg Mrs Morter "to help me to find a head nurse ... who will treat them with sympathy & love & kindness, of good temper & gay", perhaps a widow, "only without children if possible ... The one we have now is most irritable, too severe & cold towards the sweet children", suggesting she "look together with Mrs Green ... I dont dare propose her to come, it would be a shame to take her fr: her work!", ending "I trust you ... have no more vile headaches, heaps of kisses fr: your old Sophie", 4 sides 8vo., black-edged, Athens, November 17th (29th modern style)

Mrs Wakelin was Nanny from about 1860 to the children of the Crown Prince (later Emperor Friedrich III) and Vicky, till 1879, when she went to look after Princess Charlotte's baby Feo. She remarried in 1886 to William Morter of Hampstead.

Item Date:  1894

Stock No:  53633      £375

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