Queen Elizabeth II is joined by Prince Edward and Sophie, right, the Earl and Countess of Wessex as they sit in the Royal Box at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. Photo / AP
Queen Elizabeth II is joined by Prince Edward and Sophie, right, the Earl and Countess of Wessex as they sit in the Royal Box at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. Photo / AP
A resurfaced letter written by hand by the late Queen Elizabeth II to her midwife in 1964 paints the royal as a doting mother following the birth of her son Prince Edward.
The two-page note is written to the former monarch’s midwife and friend, Sister Helen “Rowie”Rowe on August 5 1964 - just five months after she and her husband Prince Philip welcomed their fourth child, reports the Daily Mail.
The royal mum-of-four, then 38, described her newborn as “good as gold” and that he “makes everyone happy”.
The letter is set to be sold off on October 28 at the Eppli auction house in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany.
Sister Helen helped deliver all of Queen Elizabeth’s children, with Charles, Andrew and Edward born at Buckingham Palace, and Anne at Clarence House.
FILE - The Royal family pose for a photo at Frogmore, in Windsor, England, April 1968, to celebrate the 42nd birthday of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. From right is Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, her husband, Princess Anne, Price Edward, The Queen , Prince Andrew and Prince Charles. Photo / AP
In the letter to her friend, the Queen wrote: “Dear Rowie, I am terribly sorry we never got in touch with you before you left London.
“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!
“The baby is wonderful - good as gold, trying to sit up and weighing 15 lbs 12! He smiles and giggles at everyone, and makes everyone happy!
“Charles, I’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.”
In the correspondence, Queen Elizabeth was referring to her eldest son - now King Charles - and his recovery from pneumonia that summer.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021) with their children Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward at Buckingham Palace in London on their Silver Wedding anniversary, UK, November 20, 1972. (Photo by George Freston/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Charles, who was 15 at the time, became ill while camping with some of his fellow students from Gordonstoun School at the Balmoral estate.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip welcomed their first son, Prince Charles, in 1948, followed by Princess Anne, in 1950.
Prince Andrew was born 10 years after Anne and Prince Edward arrived in March 1964 - 12 years after Elizabeth ascended to the throne.
At the beginning of this year, on his 59th birthday, Edward became the Duke of Edinburgh, a title that previously belonged to his father Philip.
Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward waving to the crowds from the balcony at Buckingham Palace, during the Trooping of the Colour in 1964. Photo / Getty Images
He has two children with wife Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh: Lady Louise Windsor, 19, and James, Earl of Wessex, 15.
The family live at Bagshot Park in Surrey, however Lady Louise is currently in Scotland studying at the University of St Andrews.
