{"id":181031,"date":"2023-10-24T14:36:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T14:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/?p=181031"},"modified":"2023-10-24T14:36:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T14:36:18","slug":"letter-by-the-late-queen-reveals-sweet-comment-about-prince-edward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotworldreport.com\/lifestyle\/letter-by-the-late-queen-reveals-sweet-comment-about-prince-edward\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter by the late Queen reveals sweet comment about Prince Edward"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Handwritten letter from the late Queen Elizabeth to her midwife who delivered Prince Edward reveals heartwarming comments about her youngest son<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Queen Elizabeth, then 38, describes newborn Prince Edward as &#8216;good as gold&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0King Charles and Queen Camilla honour people involved in planning the late Queen&#8217;s funeral and the King&#8217;s Coronation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An unearthed letter handwritten by Queen Elizabeth II\u00a0to her midwife in 1964 reveals the monarch as a doting mother, following the birth of Prince Edward.<\/p>\n<p>The two-page\u00a0correspondence is addressed to the late monarch&#8217;s midwife and friend, Sister Helen &#8216;Rowie&#8217; Rowe, on 5 August 1964 &#8211; five months after welcoming\u00a0Prince Edward\u00a0into the world.<\/p>\n<p>The royal mother-of-four, then 38, described the newborn Prince as &#8216;good as gold&#8217; and said he &#8216;makes everyone happy&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The letter will be sold at the Eppli auction house in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany, on 28 October.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sister Helen was on hand to deliver all of the Queen&#8217;s children, with Charles, Andrew and Edward born at Buckingham Palace, and Anne at Clarence House.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/09\/76927127-12665187-image-m-4_1698137113020.jpg\" height=\"483\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/09\/76927123-12665187-image-a-5_1698137122977.jpg\" height=\"483\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>An unearthed letter handwritten by Queen Elizabeth II to her midwife in 1964 reveals the monarch as a doting mother<\/p>\n<p>The midwife passed away two years after the birth of Edward.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Writing to her friend, the Queen said: &#8216;Dear Rowie, I am terribly sorry we never got in touch with you before you left London.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Mabel was ill in bed when you wrote, and I confess I misread your letter in a great hurry and remembered the wrong day you put down, and when I was away at Arundel last week, I suddenly was reminded of your letter and of course it was too late by then!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The baby is wonderful &#8211; good as gold, trying to sit up and weighing 15 lbs 12! He smiles and giggles at everyone, and makes everyone happy!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Charles, I&#8217;m thankful to say, is better but very frail as yet. I hope we see you when we return in October. Yours sincerely Elizabeth R.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In her note, Queen Elizabeth was referring to her eldest son Charles&#8217; recovery from pneumonia that same summer.<\/p>\n<p>The future King, then aged 15, was struck by illness while camping with classmates from\u00a0Gordonstoun School at the Balmoral estate.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/09\/76926625-12665187-image-a-49_1698135954984.jpg\" height=\"906\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In the letter, Queen Elizabeth described newborn Prince Edward as\u00a0&#8216;good as gold&#8217; (pictured 13 June 1964)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/09\/76926631-12665187-image-a-50_1698136012808.jpg\" height=\"824\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Queen Elizabeth pictured with Prince Andrew, then 4, and Prince Edward on 13 June 1964<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/12\/76934465-12665187-image-a-13_1698148416771.jpg\" height=\"854\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p> Sister Helen Rowe pictured with\u00a0Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace after his christening on\u00a021 December 1948<\/p>\n<p>Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip welcomed their firstborn son, Prince Charles, in 1948, followed by Princess Anne, two years later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prince Andrew was born in 1960 and Prince Edward arrived in March 1964 &#8211; twelve years after Elizabeth ascended to the throne.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, on his 59th birthday, Edward became the Duke of Edinburgh, a title that previously belonged to his late father Philip.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He has two children with wife Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh: Lady Louise Windsor, 19, and James, Earl of Wessex, 15.<\/p>\n<p>The family resides at Bagshot Park in Surrey, although Lady Louise is currently away studying at the University of St Andrews.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12665187\/unearthed-handwritten-letter-late-Queen-monarch-doting-mother-auction.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Handwritten letter from the late Queen Elizabeth to her midwife who delivered Prince Edward reveals heartwarming comments about her youngest son Queen Elizabeth, then 38, describes newborn Prince Edward as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - 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