A sign from beyond? On Friday, September 9, the day after Queen Elizabeth’s death, Juliette, a law student at the University of Le Mans, is surprised to discover her mail. She finds there an envelope with the initials “Royal Mail” and the queen’s seal, she tells Free Maine.
“It is a real letter in a very good quality envelope. I admit that it took me a few moments to open it. I was afraid of damaging it,” he describes to the newspaper.
In June, Juliette had written a letter to Elizabeth II to congratulate her on her 70th anniversary of reign, celebrated with great fanfare in the UK this month. The young woman, who did not expect to receive a response, is “shocked” when she sees the letter from the Queen’s services. It was published on September 7.
“It’s actually an advertisement with the Queen’s seal on the cover. When you open it, there’s a thank you note and a picture of the Queen,” continues the student, who believes “it may be the last letter with the Queen’s seal.” the Queen”. stamp”.
Address: Buckingham Palace
Others have already shared on social media their response from the Queen as part of this year’s Platinum Jubilee or the mail they have received from the Royal Services.
Anyone can write to the British monarch, whose postal address is simply “Buckingham Palace” in London. One of the queen’s private secretaries showed her “almost all of her daily correspondence” and she took “a great interest” in the letters she received, according to the British royal family site.
Some letters, however, remain unanswered: as a constitutional monarch, the British sovereign does not intervene in political or personal matters. Therefore, cards that ask you to do so receive a standard response. In addition, “for security reasons, the correspondence team cannot accept unsolicited gifts that are sent” to the monarch.
Source: BFM TV
