Diana's letters to nanny up for auction

LONDON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- The late Princess Diana's former nanny reportedly is auctioning off four letters from the British royal.

"It will be a wrench to let the letters go but I will always have my memories of Diana, who was such a wonderful woman. But those memories are tinged with sadness because her dreams were completely shattered," Diana's former nanny Mary Clarke told The Daily Telegraph.

"Diana really did love her husband. That was her one ambition in life, to get married, to look after her husband and to have children. Diana was so upset by her parents' divorce, she was determined that she would never divorce herself. When she marred Charles I remember writing to her and saying she was marrying the only man in the country from whom she could never be divorced. Sadly, that was not to be."

In a letter she wrote when she was 17, Diana told Clarke: "My love of my life is dancing, things like tap, modern, ballet and jazz. Also I love singing, even though my voice sounds awful, and watching me dance is like watching an elephant, so no one does!"

Another letter reveals Diana's excitement shortly before her 1981 wedding.

"Not long to go now and about time too!" the Telegraph quoted her as saying in the note.

The auction is being conducted through the Colchester auctioneers Reeman Dansie.