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Over 200 ‘intensely private’ letters found at auction reveal fascinating private life of last owner of Książ castle

Written between 1953 and 1970 by Prince Jan Henryk XVII (otherwise known as Duke von Pless, Count von Hochberg or the Baron of Książ), most of the letters were addressed to Mary Minchin, the Irishwoman that the aristocrat would eventually marry – and later divorce. Zamek Książ/ TFN

Written between 1953 and 1970 by Sir Winston Churchill’s nephew Prince Jan Henryk XVII (otherwise known as Duke von Pless, Count von Hochberg or the Baron of Książ), approximately 150 of the letters were addressed to Mary Minchin, the Irishwoman that the aristocrat would eventually marry – and later divorce.

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