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RICHARD EDEN: Mystery as Princess Michael of Kent's intimate private letters with eminent priest are flogged on eBay For £65 each
But imagine learning that the same correspondence - all of it concerning your marital status - was being sold on eBay , priced '£65 or best offer' per item.
The person hawking the letters – ten in all, and all dating from 1979 or 1980 – on the online auction site is in no mood to dispel the mystery of how they came into his (or her) possession. The fact that 'Princess Pushy' – born Marie-Christine von Reibnitz – was a Catholic, whereas Prince Michael was an Anglican, was the least of her problems. Intent on having her new union blessed by the Roman Catholic Church, and aided by an Italian friend, Prince Galeazzo Ruspoli, she obtained an audience with a cardinal.
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