Carbon copy ALS to Greta Garbo from the train from Salibury to London
- Beaton/A/A2/14a/103
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- 1 May 1951
Part of Papers of Sir Cecil Beaton
Apologises for complaining about the weather. Describes an awful winter turning into a heat wave and back into snow again. Explains that the warm weather resulted in him quitting London for the countryside, where he wrote short stories, designed for play in Salisbury Cathedral and weeded garden. He is now returning to London to visit the Festival Exhibition. Describes Victorian objects in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Exclaims over the sale of Garbo's house in California. Hopes it will result in her eventually coming to England. Sympathises over her cold being in its fifth month. Says his cold is better and he has no pains. Enquires after her pains. Mentions his Viennese Doctor, Dr Gottfried. Refers to the impact of George Schlee's illness. Encourages Garbo to visit in September.
Beaton, Sir Cecil Walter Hardy (1904-1980) Knight, photographer