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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lucinda Cameron

The first known letter written by King James VI to go on show

The letter will be on display in Edinburgh (NRS/PA) -

A childhood thank-you letter written by King James VI of Scotland aged seven is to go on show later this month as part of a new exhibition.

In the letter, the first known to have been written by King James, he thanks his guardian’s wife, the Countess of Mar, for sending him fruit.

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