London, July 20: James Hewitt, who sought to sell the love letters he received from Princess Diana for 10 million pounds, has offered to hand them over to Prince Charles, provided the latter asked him in a "civilised and respectful way." The former Army officer claimed that he did not want a penny for them from Prince Charles but he expected to be asked for the love letters "in a civilised and respectful way by the Prince."
"Were I to be invited by Prince Charles for tea and given the opportunity to discuss this matter in a reasoned way, I would of course be willing to respond," Hewitt told a British newspaper. "I might add that so far no one has made any attempt to show me such consideration," he said.
He said that if Prince Charles is prepared to do this, he needs to act quickly. “Until such a call came i will continue to entertain offers from private buyers," he added. The surprising move comes after a week of bruising criticism for Hewitt following media disclosure last week that his lawyer Michael Coleman would be reading intensely personal extracts from the letters in a Channel 4 documentary, which is due to be broadcast on Thursday. Bureau Report