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QUEEN ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MOTHER LAST EMPRESS OF INDIA, AN IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER, 2 pgs (Bu...

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QUEEN ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MOTHER LAST EMPRESS OF INDIA, AN IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER, 2 pgs (Bu...
QUEEN ELIZABETH, THE QUEEN MOTHER LAST EMPRESS OF INDIA, AN IMPORTANT AUTOGRAPH LETTER, 2 pgs (Buckingham Palace headed black edged paper with 'ER' monogram) to Robert A Wood, dtd Feb 12 1952, 'I was deeply touched by your kind letter and want to send you my thanks, not only for your sympathy but also for the wonderful help and support you gave to the King through many broadcasts and on many occasions, I know that when the King had a particularly nerve racking broadcast to make he would say 'I'll just run through it with Wood and it will be alright' and we shall always be grateful for your loyalty and devotion…', original autograph black edged envelope with oval 'Registered Buckingham Palace 12 Feb 52' postmark and oval 'Post Office Express Delivery' cachet and 'ER', Robert Wood an engineer and microphone expert with the BBC has been accredited in a number of publications with helping King George VI to minimise the effects of his stammer, see Sarah Bradford's biography 'King George VI' pub 1989 which contains references to and included extracts from the memoirs of Robert Wood £1000-1200
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