An attractive ALS (Autograph Letter Signed) by Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870–1948), granddaughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and daughter of Princess Helena and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. Written from Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, on 1 November 1909, on the residence's headed stationery bearing: “CUMBERLAND LODGE, WINDSOR” together with its contemporary telegraph and telephone details. The letter is written on a folded double sheet forming four pages, two of which are written. Addressed: “Dear Mrs. Campbell” Princess Helena Victoria warmly thanks the recipient for a parcel of clothing and a subscription, commenting upon the quality of the items: “Thank you so much for your parcel of clothing & subscription, the things are beautiful quality.” She then states that she is enclosing: “the tickets of admission to the Exhibition of Needlework.” The letter concludes: “Believe me, Yours sincerely, Victoria.” Princess Helena Victoria was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria and spent much of her life at Cumberland Lodge. She never married and devoted herself extensively to charitable and public work alongside her mother Princess Helena and her sister Princess Marie Louise. An appealing royal autograph letter with content directly relating to charitable activity and needlework, combining the original handwriting and signature of Queen Victoria's granddaughter, Cumberland Lodge stationery, and explicit references to a clothing contribution and an Exhibition of Needlework.
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