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Royal correspondent Richard Eden found out, as he recounts in a magazine article Daily Mail: On November 15, it was revealed that the princess’s personal letters had been put up for sale without her knowledge on an e-commerce site.
They will be offered for £65 (€77) each, or to the “highest bidder,” Royal Correspondent Richard Eden discovered in fact, as he recounts in a magazine article Daily Mail: On November 15, it was announced that 10 secret letters from Princess Michael of Kent from 1979 and 1980 had been put up for sale on eBay, without the knowledge of the main interested party. A topic about which the reporter himself alerted the wife of Prince Michael of Kent, the cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
“There is no need for me to share my sources”
“Princess Michael was not aware of the sale of these letters,” replied the septuagenarian’s spokesperson, adding that he would “not comment further.” No one knows, moreover, how the eBay seller got hold of said messages. And the latter does not seem inclined to enlighten Richard Eden on this issue either.
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“These are originals and were put up for auction by the auction house,” first explained the Internet user contacted by the journalist. In his subsequent replies, however, the anonymous person explains that they have not been sold “recently”. And he refuses to reveal where he got them from. “I’m sorry,” he wrote. There is no need for me to share my sources.’
The blessing of the Catholic Church
Letters are more precious because they touch on a private subject. The marriage of Prince Michael of Kent, which was celebrated in 1978. The letters addressed to the latter were all written by Rev. Ralph Brown, who died in the 1970s .
In 1977, Marie-Christine von Reibnitz, her real name, had just divorced banker Tom Trowbridge after six years of stormy marriage. She later fell under the spell of her boyfriend, Prince Michael of Kent. But fails to get permission to marry Michael de Kent in a Catholic ceremony.
The following year, the couple was forced to say yes in a civil wedding at Vienna City Hall. However, Princess Michael of Kent did not say her last word. She then gained an audience with the cardinal through the Italian Prince Galeazzo Ruspoli. In 1983, her union with Prince Michael of Kent was finally blessed by the Catholic Church. Four decades later, however, no one knows how her letters ended up in the hands of an anonymous Internet user.
Source: Le Figaro
