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Sister Helen ROWE (?-1966), royal midwife. - Lot comprising several documents and photographs about the midwife who helped Elizabeth II deliver her 4 children: - 1 note dated December 20, 1948 attached to an original portrait of Sister Rowe carrying the newborn Prince Charles, H. 28 x L. 20.5 cm. - 1 telegraph from the Royal Castles Administration to her attention, dated November 15, 1948, the day after Prince Charles' birth. - 1 letter to him signed by Princess Elizabeth's secretary, dated November 1, 1950, transmitting a portrait of the princess with her daughter Anne, born in August of the same year. Clarence House letterhead, St James. - 2 postcard-sized photographs, one of Sister Rowe with Prince Andrew, the other probably of Sister Rowe with Prince Edward. - 1 invitation from the Lord Chamberlain to Sister Rowe for a party in Buckingham Gardens, July 21, 1960.
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Sister Helen ROWE (?-1966), royal midwife. - Lot comprising several documents and photographs about the midwife who helped Elizabeth II deliver her 4 children: - 1 note dated December 20, 1948 attached to an original portrait of Sister Rowe carrying the newborn Prince Charles, H. 28 x L. 20.5 cm. - 1 telegraph from the Royal Castles Administration to her attention, dated November 15, 1948, the day after Prince Charles' birth. - 1 letter to him signed by Princess Elizabeth's secretary, dated November 1, 1950, transmitting a portrait of the princess with her daughter Anne, born in August of the same year. Clarence House letterhead, St James. - 2 postcard-sized photographs, one of Sister Rowe with Prince Andrew, the other probably of Sister Rowe with Prince Edward. - 1 invitation from the Lord Chamberlain to Sister Rowe for a party in Buckingham Gardens, July 21, 1960.
