[Favrat, Marc (Marquis de), painter, lover of Elisabeth of Romania (fl. 1950s)]. Handwritten letter to Favrat, signed "Michel".

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With thanks for time spent together in Cannes, regretting the additional work that Michel's stay caused for the chambermaid of Princess Elisabeth of Romania, and about disappointed hopes that Favrat would visit him at Grenoble. Finally, sending wishes for the Princess's convalescence and greetings to a Janine: "Je ne pensais pas, en venant à Cannes, que j'aurais le très grande joie et l'honneur de te connaitre et de passer de si agréables journées en ta compagnie [...] je n'oublierai pas de sitôt sorties que tu m'as permis de faire en ta compagnie, enfin tout ce dont tu m'as comblé ... Je pensais un peu que tu passerai à ton retour, par Grenoble et j'attendais impatiemment, ces jours derniers, un appel de toi [...]".

Marc Favrat gained fame through his relationship with Princess Elisabeth of Romania (1894-1956), who settled in Cannes some years after her expulsion from Romania in 1947, when the Romanian People's Republic had been proclaimed. The much younger aspiring artist Favrat became Elisabeth's lover, equerry and adopted son in the year of her death.

Includes a newspaper clipping.