A decades-old letter penned by the late Queen Elizabeth to her former midwife is up for auction, and it details how the former monarch was adjusting to mom life.She wrote the letter to her former midwife, Helen Rowe, who the queen lovingly addressed as"Rowie" in the letter.
Then-Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh with their two children, Prince Charles and Princess Anne in the grounds of Clarence House, London.Queen Elizabeth wrote the letter while staying at the Balmoral Castle in Scotland, where the royal family often visits in the late summer and early fall.
"I find it extremely difficult to explain it away when he looks at something he can’t reach and then turns his back meaningly on me and says, 'Mummy, lift!'" she continued."He enjoyed the train journey far more than Anne, who wasn’t too keen on the rattling to begin with, but she has steadily been putting on weight up here and has got lovely pink cheeks after she has been out.