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Pics: King Charles’ childhood drawings of ‘mummy’ Queen Elizabeth II, ‘papa’ Prince Philip set for auction
The drawings are a part of a "major collection of royal memorabilia" amassed by UK author and journalist Henry Ramsay Maule, who specialised in royal stories.
Britain's King Charles III’s childhood drawings of his parents – Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip – made by him at the age of around five years, are set to be auctioned off on Friday for an estimated price range between £5,000 and £10,000. The United Kingdom based Hansons Auctioneers have got hold of the “sweet” drawings of the couple “ discovered in a major collection of royal memorabilia,” a press release by the organisation read.
The crayon and pencil portraits of the couple, dressed in a grand attire, depict the Queen wearing purple tiara, red earrings and handbag , while Prince Philip in a dinner suit and a bow tie. The drawings inscribed with ‘Mummy’ and ‘Papa’ were made by young Charles “ around 1953-55 when he was five or six years old,” the release stated.
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Apart from them, the royal collection “includes 10 early drawings by the King plus royal letters, family photos, Christmas cards and a 1937 Buckingham Palace manuscript menu diary.”
The release further said that the collection was amassed by author, journalist and former royal correspondent Henry Ramsay Maule – a British correspondent at the New York Daily News for 21 years, who specialised in royal stories.
The other early drawings of young Charles include (with their estimated price range) – “a pair of carmine bee-eater birds, signed ‘Charles’, £2,000-£4,000; a delivery van in Harrod’s-style livery stating ‘Happybright, Mr Charles’s Shop’, £2,000-£3,000; a rabbit, circa 1953-1955, £1,000-£1,500; an owl, deer and squirrels, £2,000-£3,000, and an Easter card featuring a bunny, £1,000-£2,000.”
