HORSE-DEALING 



and this winter will be a long and depressing one 

 for me. 



Again so many thanks for your kind suggestion. 



Yours very sincerely, 



(Signed) : — Albert. 



Sandringham, 



Norfolk. 



10th January, 1952. 



My dear Mr. Drage, 



The King wishes me to thank you sincerely for 

 your kind letter, which he much appreciates ; also 

 for your good wishes for 1952 which His Majesty 

 warmly reciprocates. 



Yours very truly, 



(Signed) : — A. Lascelles. 



Herbert Drage, Esq., 

 Chapel Brampton, 

 Northampton. 



I must relate a very pleasant experience I 

 had at Newmarket, in 1950. It was on 

 the July Course. I was in the enclosure, and saw 

 rather a crowd of people coming along. I saw 

 that it was the King and Queen, and so we all 

 stood back to let them pass. But he caught sight 

 of me, and beckoned to me, and both he and the 

 Queen shook hands with me. I said how honoured 



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