The last letter written by Britain’s Princess Diana has sold for almost £3,000.
The hand-signed note – which was penned just three weeks before her death in a Paris car accident in August 1997 – was sold at auction for £2,796 yesterday (28.04.14), at Fellows Auctions in Birmingham, England.
Mark Huddleston, head of antiques at Fellows, described it as an important letter in modern history.
He said: "The letter is moving not only because of its heartfelt message but also because it would have been the last ever written by her."
The letter was typed on cream Kensington Palace headed paper and set to humanitarian campaigner Dilys Cheetham shortly after Diana had returned from a three-day visit to Bosnia as part of her anti-landmine campaigning.
In it she wrote: "I could not help but be deeply moved by the experience which hardened my resolve to ensure the world does not forget that those who have been so needlessly maimed by these terrible weapons will need care and support for many years to come."
Ms. Cheetham – who died in 2006 – sold the letter to Jason Fraser in a 1999 charity auction to raise money for landmine victims.
The photographer then sold the note to a private collector in 2007, who then put it up for auction.
Princess Diana’s last letter sold
