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Royal
SSemi Retiring
Reductions on inventory
All commemoratives being removed from website
"everythingroyal.com"
and donated to charity.
After 4 decades it's time to slow down
Traveling yearly between east coast residence and Los Angeles,
transporting inventory has become a chore.
All high end inventory ie:
Hand written letters,
Signed Christmas cards,
Gifts given or received by a Royal Family member,
etc will remain on "everythingroyal.com" website.
ALALL SALES FINAL
Christmas
Cards From the British Royal Family,
HRH
Prince Charles and HRH Diana, Princess of Wales
His
Royal Highness The Prince of Wales & Diana, Princess of Wales
The Royal Family’s
Christmas cards contain signatures with a photograph. Christmas
cards have a royal insignia on the outside & open to a two-sided
card with the greeting, "with best wishes for Christmas and
The New Year"on the left and a photograph on the right. These cards are the most sought after
and collectible Christmas cards in the world, most of which rarely
appear in the market place. Most remain in cherished private collections.
The Christmas Cards below are a rare and valuable part of history.
I have purposely deleted all salutations and greetings to protect
one's privacy. They are not in chronological order. There are approximately 50 cards
in this collection.
Do research before
buying signed letters, Christmas cards and photographs. Many items
being offered on the Internet by "dealers" and on "auction
sites" are described as original signatures when , in fact,
they are auto pen. A personal greeting does not make the signature
authentic. The royal family sends thousands of letters, cards
and photographs each year. They are given typed letters, Christmas
cards and photographs already auto penned. They add the personal
greeting. A Certificate of Authenticity can be made and printed
by anyone! Check the seller or companies credentials.
Some cards are in
chronological order, some are not.
SOLD
EXCEPTIONAL 1981
CARD WITH THE QUEEN & PHILIP WITH CHARLES AND DIANA
Item 2000- SOLD One of
the rarest cards in this collection is from 1981. It is unlike
other cards. It is greeting card style with the photo on the cover.
It is a beautiful color picture of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince
Philip posing with Prince Charles and Princess Diana in their
wedding attire. The official royal crests are on the inside. The
greeting reads, With best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.
It is also rare because it is signed by Queen Elizabeth alone.
Most cards are signed Elizabeth & Philip. This card was given
to a close personal friend of the Queen. The 1981 Christmas card
of Prince Charles and Princess Diana in their wedding attire,
signed by them is the most sought after card and most expensive
in the world. $6,500.00
SOLD
1982 CHRISTMAS
CARD WITH PHOTO OF CHARLES AND DIANA WITH PRINCE WILLIAM
Item 2001 - A wonderful, rare 1982 signed Christmas
card with a photograph of Charles and Diana with baby Prince William.
Prince William Arthur Philip Louis was born on 21 June 1982 at
St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, in London. There is a hand written
greeting to one of Diana's bridesmaids and her brother. This is
the second card sent by Charles and Diana. Their first card in
1981 showed them wearing their wedding attire.
The outlook still
seems rosy in 1982 (right), at just six months, Prince William
makes his Christmas card debut. His birth indeed brought great
joy and the months after his arrival were the happiest of the
couple’s marriage.
All cards are original
with a royal crest on the cover. This card is signed, "from,
Charles and. Diana never signed it after Charles. This is a RARE
card. Hand signed. Not auto pen. $5,500.00
SOLD
1983 CHRISTMAS
CARD WITH PHOTO OF CHARLES, DIANA WITH BABY PRINCE WILLIAM
Item 2003 - Another of the 1983 Charles and
Diana Christmas card with Diana holding baby Prince
William.
A wholesome country
life look, but there is already a hint of separateness. Things
are going wrong. ‘Di-mania’ had started and Charles
felt ignored. Diana was in the grip of the eating disorder bulimia.
It is signed, "to
you both", "from Charles and Diana". Hand
signed. Not auto pen. $5,000.00
SOLD
1984 CHRISTMAS
CARD WITH PHOTO OF CHARLES AND DIANA WITH PRINCE HARRY
Item 2004 -Here is the second of the Charles
and Diana cards with a wonderful photo of Charles, Diana, the
new born Prince Harry and an adorable 2 year old Prince William.
Prince Henry Charles Albert David was born at 4.20pm on September
15, 1984 at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, in central London.
He weighed 6lb 14oz.
A new son, not the
daughter Diana longed for, provided the ‘heir and spare’.
Charles’s reaction ‘Oh it’s a boy and he’s
even got rusty hair’ (a Spencer trait) was the beginning
of the end. From that moment, the Princess later said, ‘something
inside me died’.
The card says, "to
you both", "from Charles and Diana". Hand signed.
Not auto pen. $5,500.00
SOLD
1985 CHRISTMAS
CARD WITH PHOTO OF CHARLES AND DIANA WITH PRINCE WILLIAM AND PRINCE
HARRY
Item 2005 - One of my favorite cards. I love
the way William is holing on to baby Prince Harry.
Diana’s failure
to look into the camera, more marked than the previous year, was
an early hidden code that all was not well. While the increasingly
thin Diana devoted her efforts to William and Harry, the Prince,
unable to deal with the mood swings of his wife, buried himself
in official duties.
It is ,"to
you both', signed, "from Charles and Diana". Hand signed.
Not auto pen. $5,500.00
SOLD
1986 CHRISTMAS
CARD WITH PHOTO OF CHARLES, DIANA AND PRINCES'S WILLIAM &
HARRY
Item 2006 - Another wonderful card with a photo
of Charles and Diana with their boys. They were so adorable and
have grown up to be two nice young men. Diana would be proud.
Seeing these photos, it's hard to believe there was such unhappiness
behind Charles and Diana's smiles.
The smiles were
forced, the unity a fiction. Diana had blossomed into a sophisticated
beauty, but Charles had re-started his relationship with Camilla.
To the outside world, which avidly tuned in to their TV interview
with Sir Alastair Burnet, though, all seemed well.
This card is signed
"to you both and much love from Charles and Diana". Hand signed.
Not auto pen. $5,000.00
SOLD
EARLY 1988 CARD
WITH INCREDIBLE PHOTO OF PRINCE CHARLES, PRINCESS DIANA AND BOYS
Item 2007- SOLD I love this card. The color photograph
of Prince Charles and Princess Diana is one of the nicest ever
done on their cards. The boys are so adorable. Little Harry's
smile is the cutest ever. This card is addressed to Princess Margarita
of Yugoslavia,
The Prince and Princess
were leading quite separate lives. Charles, increasingly, stayed
at Highgrove, while Diana was happier at Kensington Palace. Matters
had come to a head when the Princess confronted Camilla at a birthday
party. Seven years of pent-up anger, jealousy and frustration
came flooding out.
It is signed, "and
love from Charles and Diana."
Hand signed. Not auto
pen. $6,5000
SOLD
FANTASTIC 1989
EARLY CHRISTMAS CARD WITH A PHOTO OF CHARLES AND DIANA WITH THEIR
BOYS
Item 2008 - This card is simply beautiful. Diana
was at her loveliest. This care was written to Princess Margarita
of Yugoslavia.
The image is supposed
to convey togetherness, but yet again they are not touching. Not
just separate lives but it would almost seem separate fields would
be preferable. Both were now having adulterous affairs but for
the sake of their children — and the country — there
was a semblance of marital unity. Rarely seen together, there
was one significant appearance for the wedding of Diana’s
brother, Charles, to model Victoria Lockwood, also to end in tears.
It is signed, "and
much love from Charles and Diana. The back side of this card has
slight soiling which does not distract from the beauty or value. Hand signed.
Not auto pen. $5,000.00
SOLD
ANOTHER GREAT
CARD FROM PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCESS DIANA
Item 2009 - These cards tell a story. This card
from 1990 shows a smiling , happy Diana but we all know that wasn't
the real story.
Diana's no longer
on the pedestal in this marriage. The once-shy Diana found solace
— gaining attention and increasingly adoration — in
public engagements. She had already broke new ground with her
campaign against Aids, now she championed issues involving the
elderly, the infirm and drugs.
To David. Signed,
"from Charles and Diana." Hand signed. Not auto pen.
$5,000.00
SOLD
LAST CARD OF
THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES TOGETHER
Item 2010 - It is wonderful to follow these cards
from year to year. They show the progression of a family from
1981 when Charles and Diana married until the present with Charles
and the boys. Unfortunately, it is a sad journey. This 1991 card
is sad! It is the last time Charles and Diana posed together.
Their next card was of the boys alone. It's hard to tell from
this card what the next year would bring.
Stiff and awkward,
the marriage was over in all but name. An accident involving Prince
William, when he was struck by a golf club, showed how far they
had grown apart. Diana slept by her son’s hospital bed, while
Charles fulfilled an opera engagement.
This card is to
David, signed, "from Charles and Diana."Hand signed.
Not auto pen. $5,000.00
SOLD
CHRISTMAS CARD
ISSUED AFTER THE SEPARATION OF CHARLES AND DIANA IN 1992
Item 2011 - This is the last card sent by either
Charles & Diana with both their signatures or separately in
1992. After this card, they each sent separate , individual cards.
It is a wonderful black and white photo of the boys. So sad this
was no longer a together family.
Nothing could speak
for this year’s royal separation more than a card showing
just William and Harry. It was the annus horribilis — the
Squidgy tape, the Morton book and the Windsor Castle fire. Diana
changed the locks at her palace apartments.
It is to David,
signed, "from Charles" Hand signed. Not auto pen. $5,000.00
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