Letter from the Queen to her midwife found
9th September 2017
The affectionate thoughts of the Queen as
a mother have been revealed in a rare letter she wrote to her
midwife Helen Rowe. The letter, handwritten in Eastbourne, Sussex
and dated 5 August 1964, provides a late update on the well-being
of the Queen’s fourth and youngest child, Edward Antony Richard
Louis, later to be known as Prince Edward. Sent five months after
Her Majesty had given birth, the…

