‘I’d like to offer you a holiday’: Richard E Grant’s childhood letter to Barbra Streisand
- Fourteen-year-old Grant was living in Swaziland when he wrote the letter to the star
- He shared the letter on Twitter after taking a photo outside her house
Richard E Grant has shared a letter he wrote to Barbra Streisand when he was 14 years old, in which he invited her to stay with him and his family in Swaziland for two weeks, and promising “not many people will know who you are, so no chance of being mobbed”.
The actor shared the letter on Twitter this morning, after taking a photograph outside her home. (“Asked Security for permission, and he replied, ‘It’s a public road, but thanks for asking’,” he Tweeted. “My wife is very understanding!”)
The letter was sent by Grant when he was a child living in Swaziland in southeast Africa.
“You don’t know me yet, but I am writing to offer you an idea you might like to consider,” it begins. “My name is Richard and I live in a small African kingdom called Swaziland in southeast Africa. Since seeing Funny Girl, we, my family that is, and I have been very big fans. I have followed your career avidly. We have all your records. I am fourteen years old.
“I read in the paper that you were feeling very tired and pressurised by your fame and failed romance with Mr Ryan O’Neal. I would like to offer you a two week holiday, or longer, at our house, which is very beautiful with a pool and a magnificent view of the Ezulwini Valley.