Princess Michael of Kent’s intimate private letters have appeared on eBay for “£65 or best offer”.
The 10 letters are dated between 1979 and 1980, and it is unknown how the seller acquired them.
A spokesman for the royal said: “Princess Micheal didn’t know about the sale of letters.”
“And, at this moment, there will be no further comment.”
Princess Michael of Kent’s intimate private letters have appeared on eBay for “£65 or best offer”.
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Royal writer Richard Eden inquired about how the letters came to be in the public domain.
The seller responded: “They are original and has been pushed in auction house.”
When asked if it was known when they were first put up for sale, they replied, “I am sorry.
“I do not need to share my sources.”
Princess Micheal was sent these letters by Monsignor Ralph Brown, an eminent priest who died in 2014
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Princess Micheal was sent these letters by Monsignor Ralph Brown, an eminent priest who died in 2014.
Eden suggests that Brown would “have been mortified by their sale” as he was helping Princess Michael secure a Roman Catholic blessing for her marriage to Prince Michael.
Princess Michael of Kent is a member of the British Royal Family who is of German, Austrian, Czech and Hungarian descent.
She is married to Prince Michael of Kent, King George V’s grandson.
In 1983, her marriage to Prince Michael was finally blessed in a Roman Catholic ceremony
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In 1971, she’d married Old Etonian banker Tom Troubridge at Chelsea Old Church, but only after they’d had “a blazing row” in the vestry.
They divorced in 1977, and she hoped Pope Paul VI would permit her to marry Prince Michael in a Roman Catholic ceremony.
Six years later, in 1983, her marriage to Prince Michael was finally blessed in a Roman Catholic ceremony.
Princess Michael of Kent was an interior designer before becoming an author, writing several books on European royalty.
