CHARLES III, as Prince of Wales, & Diana, Princess of Wales.

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Christmas card signed by both. Christmas card sent by Charles and Diana in 1985 to the dean of Windsor, Michael Ashley Mann, inscribed and signed in Charles's hand "To you both and kindest regards from Charles and" [signed by Diana:] "Diana".Mann (1924-2011) had an important role in the devotional life of the royal family in the latter 1970s and 1980s. He was commissioned into the 1st King's dragoon guards in 1943, serving in Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine, in the last of which he narrowly avoided the King David Hotel bombing. He was afterwards falsely diagnosed with leukaemia and given six months to live, spurring a conversion to a clerical life. Ordained in 1957, he served variously as curate, vicar, and canon across Britain and in Nigeria over the next two decades. "Mann was an outstanding preacher. He seldom spoke for more than seven minutes, believing if you could not get across your points in that time you never would. His theme was invariably inspirational, stressing the importance of Christian values: comradeship, morality, tradition and service" (Times obituary, 10 January 2012).In 1976 Mann was appointed the dean of Windsor (serving until 1989), alongside domestic chaplain to the queen and registrar of the Order of the Garter. He had a close relationship with the royal family, especially Prince Philip - "Mann's rapport with the duke of Edinburgh was genuine and mutually enlightening. Sir Fred Hoyle's Omni lecture on 'Evolution from space' in 1982 prompted a ro

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