Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom Autograph letter signed as Princess Elizabeth, 1949

The letter, to Peter Stewart reading "I'm so sorry not to have answered your letter before now, but somehow I find life very hectic and I completely fail to keep up with the things I have to do! It is wonderful that you have found someone who would be able to advise us about the frame for the Edinburgh picture. it would be quite all right to bring him to see it, and to suggest what to do with it. Could you let Bennett the butler know when you are coming, for we have great difficulty with our two doors here, and it is better if there is somebody there to meet you! I hope the Xmas search is going well - I am most unhelpful for I never know what my family could possibly want", two pages, mid-horizontal folding mark, 8vo, Clarence House, 4 November 1949, with original envelope hand-addressed by Princess Elizabeth and marked for delivery by hand.

***Peter Stewart was the Secretary of The Carlton Club, the famous London Gentleman’s club, and was for many years a confidante of the Royal Family. He was a friend of King George VI and was held in high esteem by Queen Mary, Princess Elizabeth and later as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, with whom he often socialised and was a frequent visitor to Clarence House.Over the years, he became indispensable to them for helping them choose and acquire presents for each other and was the sole of discretion.

Dimensions:8 x 5"/ 20.2 x 12.7cm