2000 Queen Elizabeth II Signed Royal Christmas Card British Royalty Autograph UK For Sale

LOT-O221.For your consideration is an exceedingly rare and historically important original c.2000 royal British family Christmas card, signed by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and H.R.H. Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh. Royalty card document is original. Condition is excellent. Royal presentation Christmas Card with photograph measures approximately 6.0\" x 8.0\". Official issue. Royal Provenance: from the collection of Michael Ashley Mann KCVO (1924-2011), Anglican Bishop and Dean of Windsor, 1976-1989.

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and remained the monarch of 15 realms by the time of her death. Her reign of over 70 years is the longest of any British monarch and the longest verified reign of any female head of state in history.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he was consort of the British monarch from Elizabeth\'s accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal consort in history.