Heartwarming Letters Between Queen Mother And Injured Australian Officer Rediscovered
10th March 2013
A series of letters sent between the then
18-year-old Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later The Queen Mother) and
a wounded Australian Army officer called Lieutenant Rupert Dent
have recently come to light after they were found in a chest
of drawers in Sydney. During the First World War, Elizabeth’s home,
Glamis Castle was transformed into a convalescent home for wounded
servicemen (much like…

