Identity area
Reference code
Beaton/A/A1/387/55
Unique identifier
GB 275 Beaton/A/A1/387/55
Title
Typescript letter to Beaton.
Date(s)
- 7 Feb. (No year given.) (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(d 1969)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The news of the King's death came as a great surprise. The guns are now going off proclaiming that Elizabeth II is now Queen. The telephone has been very busy with requests for photographs. Agnes will be back at the end of the coming week. Discusses Beaton's mother's and Nancy's plans to go to Monte Carlo. Hal is very excited about Bermuda. Peter Welsh sent Beaton some nice cuff links. Suggests that Beaton might like to send some tins of meat. There has been no news about the Rattigan play or about the central heating.