Last letter penned by Princess Diana sold for £3,000

The last official letter written by Diana, Princess of Wales sold for nearly £3,000 at auction today.

Mon, 28 Apr, 2014 - 17:28

The last official letter written by Diana, Princess of Wales sold for nearly £3,000 at auction today.

Typed on cream Kensington Palace headed paper, the hand-signed note was sent to humanitarian campaigner Dilys Cheetham on August 11, 1997, just three weeks before the princess died.

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Courts Heathrow Place: Kensington Palace Place: Bosnia Place: Paris Place: Richmond, North Yorkshire Place: Birmingham Person: Princess Diana Person: Diana Person: Princess of Wales Person: Dilys Cheetham Person: Cheetham Person: Mark Huddleston Organisation: Fellows Auctions Organisation: Fellows

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