Princess Diana's Letters to Housekeeper Sell for £54,500

The intimate correspondence reveals Diana's caring nature and close bond with her childhood housekeeper.

The letters and cards were sold at Sworders auction house in Essex.
Violet Collison, affectionately called Collie, was head housekeeper at Park House on the Sandringham Estate.
Most letters were thank-you notes for gifts to Diana and her sons, William and Harry.
One letter, written weeks before Diana's wedding, describes the last-minute preparations.
Auction interest came from around the world, particularly the United States.