A rare letter from the late Queen Elizabeth to a friend, known only as ‘Richard’, has proved that, like any other new mother, the then Princess was keen to share news (and a few jokes) concerning her baby son,

In April 1949 the Queen wrote a handwritten letter to a friend, known only as Richard, on Buckingham Palace headed notepaper which recently sold at auction in Boston, US

She told how she was 'very envious' of his baby nephew's 'luxurious' mop of hair she had seen in a photo. At the time, the future king was just five months old and had very little

A letter written by the Queen shortly after the birth of her first son Prince Charles has now been sold at auction and in it, she makes a sweet remark about the newborn's appearance