King Charles’ childhood items up for auction could fetch thousands: ‘Touching collection’
her iconic handbags.Prince Philip is shown sporting a smart dinner suit and bow tie – and the poignant sketches are inscribed “Mummy” and “Papa.”A very young Charles created them around 1953-1955, when he was 5 or 6 years old, said SWNS.The drawings are now expected to fetch between £5,000-£10,000 (roughly $6,300-$13,000) when they go under the hammer at Hansons Auctioneers, in Etwall, Derbyshire, England, on June 16.They are part of what’s said to be an “extraordinary” royal memorabilia collection, which includes 10 early drawings by the recently coronated King Charles.It also includes royal letters, family photos, Christmas cards and a 1937 Buckingham Palace manuscript menu diary.They were mostly amassed from the 1950s-1970s by Henry Ramsay Maule, an author, journalist and former royal correspondent.Maule, of Reading, was the author of several books and worked as a British correspondent at the New York Daily News for 21 years, specializing in royal stories.Under a pseudonym, he also wrote “All The Queen’s Children,” an authoritative book about Queen Elizabeth II’s offspring.He was a friend of royal photographer Marcus Adams and apparently enjoyed a long working friendship with members of the royal household, said SWNS.Maule also gained the approval of the palace to write a biography of Prince Philip.He was in the process of collating information for this with the “downstairs” help of long-standing royal servant Charlie when he sadly passed away. The items, given to him to assist with his work, were inherited by his family when he died in 1981 and are now being sold on June 16.“This is an extraordinarily touching collection.” Said Charles Hanson, owner of Hansons Auctioneers.He added, “These poignant childhood