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BEATRICE
(Mary Victoria Feodore, 1857-1944, Princess, Daughter & Companion of Queen Victoria, wife of Henry of Battenburg)
Christmas card signed to Dear Mrs Crozier
on a hand printed calligraphic quotation from the King's Speech Christmas 1939 - a part of the poem God Knows starting And I said to the man / who stood at the gate / of the year; Give me a / light that I may tread safely into the unknown!... with an Autograph note Signed by the Princess With Christmas greetings & best wishes for her welfare & safety in these terrible times..., 1 side 6 x 3½, no place, Christmas
Item Date: 1939
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The lines are from the poem The Gate of the Year (often titled God Knows) by Minnie Louise Haskins. Famously quoted by King George VI in his 1939 Christmas broadcast, it offered hope and comfort during the uncertainty of World War II, urging trust in God rather than relying on human certainty.
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