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(KING CHARLES III, formerly Prince Charles, HRH The Prince of Wales) H R HBiblio.com

1990 Autograph Letter Signed

206An Autograph Letter Signed ALS by King Charles III then Prince Charles H.R.H. The Prince of Wales expressing thanks for a birthday gift received from Dudley Poplak 1930-2005 his good friend and interior designer.2pp. on 1 folded sheet of Highgrove House headed notepaper with blue royal cypher dated November 17th 1990 a single fold to the paper; near fine accompanied with the original white envelope with blue royal cypher addressed in hand by the King and postmarked Buckingham Palace 19 Nov 1990; very good.Personal letters by King Charles III to individuals in his inner circle are very rare to encounter.The letter reads as follows:"Dear DudleyYou really are an incredibly kind & thoughtful person to remember my birthday and to send such a splendid present! Thank you so much for that magnificent & highly original inkwell I don't know how you manage to find these things with feathers on Is there anything which hasn't got feathers on!I was so touched that you managed to ensure your present reached me on my birthday in Tokyo. I felt very spoilt!All best wishes as alwaysCharles"The King was in Tokyo on his birthday in 1990 as the then Prince and Princess of Wales were attending the enthronement of Emperor Akihito. Emperor Akihito recently abdicated in 2019 due to his declining health and was replaced by his son formerly Crown Prince Naruhito.Dudley Poplak was born in South Africa in 1930 and received British citizenship shortly after moving to Britain in 1959. Poplak was a highly successful interior designer receiving commissions from the British royal family and British nobility. He initially came into contact with the royal family via Frances Shand-Kydd 1936-2004 the Mother of Diana Princess of Wales. He was introduced to Frances Shand-Kydd by Elizabeth Clare Hanley 1915-2002 a lampshade designer who received a royal warrant in 1977 as the official lampshade supplier for the royal family.Poplak updated the rooms Diana Princess of Wales was using when she first moved to Kensington Palace in 1981. He also refurbished Highgrove House for the Prince of Wales and his soon to be wife Lady Diana Spencer which he regarded as "the most important assignment I have ever had." Poplak's 2005 obituary in The Times characterised him as "a shy and private man" who was deeply valued and trusted by his clients for his "courtier-like discretion and marked reticence with the press." When The Times wrote a story that he was refurbishing Highgrove House for the Prince and Princess of Wales he stated:"I certainly won't tell you what the colour schemes are. That would be like disclosing the design of Lady Diana's wedding dress."After the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales Poplak carried out further interior design projects at the royal residences and also on the royal train. Poplak was a good friend of both the Prince and Princess of Wales and remained so even after the couple's divorce. Although Poplak retired in the 1990's he continued to carry out interior design work for Prince Charles up until he died in 2005.The Times. Dudley Poplak Obituary. 2005.Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.

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1992 Autograph Letter Signed

207An Autograph Letter Signed ALS by King Charles III then Prince Charles H.R.H. The Prince of Wales expressing thanks for a birthday gift received from Dudley Poplak 1930-2005 his good friend and interior designer.4pp. on 2 folded sheets of Kensington Palace headed notepaper with blue royal cypher dated December 1st 1992 a single fold to the paper; near fine accompanied with the original white envelope with blue royal cypher addressed in hand by the King; very good.Personal letters by King Charles III to individuals within his inner circle are very rare to encounter.The letter reads as follows:"Dear DudleyBless you for so kindly thinking of me on my birthday and for your wonderfully generous present of that splendid commode. You have been so marvellous over the past 11 years with your birthday presents & I can't tell you how touched I have been by them - and none more so than that exquisite Edward Lear you gave me. It is one of my most treasured possessions particularly as it belonged originally to my Aunt Rita.Whether I can use the commode remains to be seen ! but it is a lovely object in itself & I am thrilled with it.Please forgive the awful delay in thanking you but I find I can never cope very well after my birthday as there is so much else going on at the same time at this point in the year!With kindest regards -Yours most gratefullyCharles"Dudley Poplak was born in South Africa in 1930 and received British citizenship shortly after moving to Britain in 1959. Poplak was a highly successful interior designer receiving commissions from the British royal family and British nobility. He initially came into contact with the royal family via Frances Shand-Kydd 1936-2004 the Mother of Diana Princess of Wales. He was introduced to Frances Shand-Kydd by Elizabeth Clare Hanley 1915-2002 a lampshade designer who received a royal warrant in 1977 as the official lampshade supplier for the royal family.Poplak updated the rooms Diana Princess of Wales was using when she first moved to Kensington Palace in 1981. He also refurbished Highgrove House for the Prince of Wales and his soon to be wife Lady Diana Spencer which he regarded as "the most important assignment I have ever had." Poplak's 2005 obituary in The Times characterised him as "a shy and private man" who was deeply valued and trusted by his clients for his "courtier-like discretion and marked reticence with the press." When The Times wrote a story that he was refurbishing Highgrove House for the Prince and Princess of Wales he stated:"I certainly won't tell you what the colour schemes are. That would be like disclosing the design of Lady Diana's wedding dress."After the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales Poplak carried out further interior design projects at the royal residences and also on the royal train. Poplak was a good friend of both the Prince and Princess of Wales and remained so even after the couple's divorce. Although Poplak retired in the 1990's he continued to carry out interior design work for Prince Charles up until he died in 2005."Aunt Rita" who the King refers to in this letter was his paternal aunt Princess Margarita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg 1905-1981. Princess Margarita was one of Princess Anne's godparents.The Times. Dudley Poplak Obituary. 2005.Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK.

GEORGE HANCOCK RARE BOOKS (ABA & PBFA) · Royaume-Uni1 500,00 £GB≈ 1 712,70 €

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HRH The Prince Of Wales Watercolours. Inscribed by King Charles III.

205First Edition. Oblong quarto bound in original grey cloth stamped in silver with royal emblem to upper board original pictorial dust jacket with colour illustrations throughout pp. 160. Published by Little Brown and Company London 1991.A signed presentation copy from the King to Julian Bicknell inscribed by the King on the half-title page:"For Julian - With very best wishes for Xmas 1991 from Charles"Some light wear to the dust jacket and a touch of toning to the flaps a little toning to the page edges as usual very light finger soiling to the bottom right corner of the half-title page; a near fine example.Provenance: Julian Bicknell born 1945 is a new classical architect and perhaps most famous for designing the Palladian Henbury Hall Cheshire. At the time the King presented Mr Bicknell with this book he was deeply involved in the Prince's Institute of Architecture as a trustee. He was also a member of their academic board a tutor in London and the summer schools in both France and Italy.Art is one of the King's great passions and he wrote in the introduction to this work:"I have tried in these pages to convey something of the part that painting plays in my life. In many ways it helps to keep me reasonably sane and if it doesn't appeal to the critics then it's just too bad! I only hope that those who are rash enough to thumb through this book may be helped to discover what infinite beauty and delight there is in the details of God's creation".The Queen Mother wrote the preface for the book. In part the Queen Mother wrote:"I am delighted that this book is being published and it is nice to think that a wider audience will now have a chance to see some of the watercolours painted by my grandson in many different parts of the world. Ever since he was a small boy Prince Charles has taken an interest in his surroundings and has developed his powers of observation to the point where painting became a necessary and vital expression of that interest."The money raised from sales of the book was given to the Prince of Wales's charities.Please contact us for shipping costs if ordering from outside the UK. Little, Brown and Company. hardcover

GEORGE HANCOCK RARE BOOKS (ABA & PBFA) · Royaume-Uni1 750,00 £GB≈ 1 998,15 €

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