King Charles III
With a childhood photo he thanks for expressions of condolence
Charles thanks the people who sent him sympathy cards with this childhood photo.
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King Charles III has sent a card and a childhood photo of thanks for the condolences on the death of the Queen.
King Charles III (73) personally thanked the condolences he received after the death of Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) with a card. The late Queen’s eldest son sent several copies, which were stamped with his seal, a short text and a special childhood photo. as a Twitter post shows, among other things.
Pictured is then three-year-old Charles with his mother at Balmoral Castle in 1952. Queen Elizabeth II died there on September 8th at the age of 96. Both stand in a window frame and gaze beaming into the distance.
For Charles, condolences were “tremendous comfort”
“It was very kind of you to send me such a wonderfully generous message following the death of my beloved mother,” Charles wrote in the card. The “thoughtful words” were an “enormous consolation in his immense grief”. The text is signed Charles R. – the R stands for Rex, the Latin word for king.