Never-Before-Seen Princess Diana School Photos and Intimate Letters Head to Auction

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Intimate notes from a close friend

The lot contains correspondence between Diana and classmate Katherine Hanbury: a simple birthday card signed "Diana (S)," and a three-page honeymoon letter dated Sept. 27, 1981, written on embossed royal notepaper. The envelope bears registered Perth postmarks dated 29 SEP 81 and the Royal cypher.

Sale details and a poignant keepsake

Gorringe’s will offer the archive on July 7 with an estimated value of $5,383–$8,076. Also included is the order of service from a Nov. 19, 1997 thanksgiving at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, held two months after Diana’s death in a 1997 car accident in Paris at age 36. Gorringe’s specialist describes the items as revealing a hopeful, domestic young woman who volunteered household chores and cherished ordinary pleasures. The timing of the sale aligns with Diana’s July anniversaries.