Elizabeth II | six autograph letters signed, to Henriette Abel Smith, 1957-73

Elizabeth II

Six autograph letters signed ("Elizabeth R"), to Lady Henriette Abel Smith

letters of thanks, chiefly for Christmas gifts of smoked turkey, the first letter mentioning that their Christmas had been "upset by the Television, which was nerve-wracking [sic]" (referring to her first televised Christmas broadcast) and several with family news, 12 pages, one envelope, 8vo, headed stationery of Sandringham and Buckingham Palace, 2 January 1957 to 6 March 1973

Lady Henriette Abel Smith (1914-2005) was a Lady in Waiting to the Queen from 1949 to 1987.