Princess Diana’s letters to her family’s former housekeeper are going on sale, providing an “insight” into her life behind closed doors, including wedding preparations to the then-Prince Charles, and details of Prince Harry and Prince William’s childhood relationship.
Violet Collison, nicknamed Collie, was the head housekeeper at Park House on the royal residence of Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, where Diana was born and raised. Collison witnessed the birth of Diana as well as her siblings, Sarah, Jane and Charles, according to Sworders, the auction house handling the sale on July 30. “ was a constant in Diana’s life, and remained so all her life,” Luke Macdonald, head of art and estates at Sworders, told CNN Thursday. “For Diana, she was always there.
In the same letter, Diana tells Collison about Prince William’s adoration for his little brother. “William adores his little brother and spends the entire time pouring an endless supply of hugs and kisses over Harry,” she wrote. “Which is wonderful to watch, if we’re allowed near.” “The letters are an insight into Diana’s life under the radar, sort of beyond the royal protocol,” said Macdonald, who thinks “they only really re-confirm how gentle and loving and kind and nice she was.
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