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A personal letter written by Britain’s recently deceased Queen Elizabeth was auctioned for €8,300 (US$8,634) in Germany on Saturday, according to organisers.
The buyer was only identified as a woman living abroad.
The two-page letter was auctioned off by the Stuttgart-based Eppli auction house. It is addressed to the German equestrian Etti Plesch, née Maria Gräfin von Wurmbrand-Stuppach, whose horses twice won the prestigious Epsom Derby race in England.
The queen wrote to “dear Mrs Plesch” that she was “so delighted with the lovely picture” of horses in her country retreat of Sandringham “which I received from you and Mr Plesch for Christmas.”
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The queen, who was 40 at the time, concludes her thank-you letter with the insight that patience is perhaps the most important virtue in horse breeding, as well as a bit of luck.
Ferdinand Benedikt Eppli of the auction house said he had expected two groups of people to be interested in the letter. Bidding began at €2,600 (US$2,706).
“There are the enthusiasts who are after postal items with an interesting history or from prominent senders,” he said ahead of the auction. “And there are the fans of the British royal family.”
The queen died in September at the age of 96.
Besides the queen’s letter, a Buckingham Palace letter from Princess Diana’s office was also on offer during the auction on Saturday.


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The letter is addressed to the German equestrian Etti Plesch, whose horses twice won the prestigious Epsom Derby race in England
Besides the late queen’s letter, a Buckingham Palace letter from Princess Diana’s office was also on offer during the auction in Stuttgart on Saturday



Besides the late queen’s letter, a Buckingham Palace letter from Princess Diana’s office was also on offer during the auction in Stuttgart on Saturday.
