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Princess Diana

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Princess Diana

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Auction Date:2017 Nov 08 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:236 Commercial St., Suite 100, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Remarkable circa 1978 handwritten French vocabulary notebook from her time at Swiss finishing school, 4.25 x 6.75, marked on the front cover in her own hand in blue ink, "Diana Spencer, Madame Fowls Vocabulaire," and in purple ink, "Diana Spencer." Inside are 21 full pages of Diana's handwritten notes (nearly all double-sided), plus a couple of additional lines, consisting of translations of vocab words and phrases from French to English. In fine condition. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from Sally Fell, the head chef at Althorp, in part: "I was employed as head chef at Althorp House during the 1980s when Diana, Princess of Wales, was a regular visitor. During this period Raine Spencer was in the process of totally redecorating Althorp in her own style. As Diana now permanently resided in London, one of the rooms listed for redecoration was her old bedroom and the butler at the time, Carl Ackerman, was instructed to remove all of Diana's belongings and offer them to the staff, or dispose of them if no interest was shown. All the items were placed on a long table in the courtyard, and we the staff were invited to take what we wished, which is how I came to possess Diana's French vocabulary school book." We know of only one other example of Diana's schoolbooks to be held in private hands. Diana attended Institut Alpin Videmanette, a finishing school in Rougemont, Switzerland, for one term in 1977–1978. It was during this period that she was first introduced to Prince Charles, who was dating her older sister Sarah. Their relationship lasted only briefly before dissolving over some of Sarah's comments reported in the gossip columns. Diana and Charles's relationship blossomed in 1980, and they got married in 1981. A truly remarkable Diana piece, filled with her teenage handwriting.