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Princess Diana's Letters to Childhood Housekeeper Will Be Auctioned


Several of Princess Diana's handwritten cards and letters to her childhood housekeeper, Violet Collison, are set to be put up for auction in the U.K.

Georges De Keerle/Getty ImagesA new collection of Princess Diana ’s belongings is going up for auction, and they offer an intimate glimpse into her private life as a member of the royal family. Several of Diana’s handwritten letters and cards to her former housekeeper, Violet Collison, will be sold as a part of the U.K. auction house Sworders ’ “Out of the Ordinary” sale on Tuesday, July 30. The Prince And Princess Of Wales Holding Their Baby Son, Prince WilliamTim Graham Photo Library via Getty ImagesDiana continued to thank Collison for Christmas presents gifted to William, now 42, and Harry, now 39, in more letters, writing in one from 1984 that “William adores his little brother and spends the entire time pouring an endless supply of hugs and kisses over Harry.”

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