H.M Queen Elizabeth II ('Lilibet'), telegram from Buckingham...

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H.M Queen Elizabeth II ('Lilibet'), telegram from Buckingham Palace sent via the Cable and Wireless (West Indies) Ltd., dated 22 Feb 1960 to Gerald Lascelles, Cove Spring House, Barbados, with the message 'Thank you both so much for your kind congratulations / LILIBET PHILIP' (three days after the birth of Prince Andrew); a telegram from Windsor Castle dated 22 Apr 1957 with 'Grateful thanks to you all for your good wishes / Love Lilibet' (the day following her birthday), and another from Buckingham Palace dated 13 March 1964 with message 'Loving thanks to you both for your congratulations / LILIBET' (three days after the birth of Prince Edward). (3).

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Private collection of Angela Lascelles (wife of The Hon. Gerald Lascelles, First Cousin of Queen Elizabeth II) and thence by descent

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14th Sep 24 at 10am BST

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