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- The then- Prince of Wales wrote the four-page letter in 1919, aged 25, while aboard the ship HMS Renown as it took him on a royal tour of Canada. He sent it to his mistress Freda Dudley Ward, who was at the time married to Liberal MP William Dudley Ward.
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Oct 8, 2021 · Charles Ashton, a director at auctioneers Cheffins, said the 1919 letter to Mrs Dudley Ward gave a window into his “disenchantment with his life as a royal”.
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Oct 8, 2021 · A love letter from Edward VIII which reflects his disenchantment with life as a royal, years before he met Wallis Simpson, is to be sold at auction. The then-Prince of Wales wrote the...
Oct 9, 2021 · Charles Ashton, a director at auctioneers Cheffins, said Edward’s 1919 letter to Mrs Dudley Ward gives a window into his “disenchantment with his life as a royal”. In the letter, Edward referred to speeches he had made, writing: “What I think of all this official wonk and these cornie pompous stunts & I’ve made no less than 7 ...
Oct 8, 2021 · He sent it to his mistress Freda Dudley Ward, who was at the time married to Liberal MP William Dudley Ward. Their affair continued until 1934, only ending when Edward became involved with American socialite Wallis Simpson, who he met in 1930.
Feb 24, 2014 · As it turns out, there was correspondence between the Prince and Freda — as described in the book Letters from a Prince: Edward, Prince of Wales, to Mrs. Freda Dudley Ward.
Oct 11, 2021 · A love letter revealing Edward VIII's disenchantment with royal life is to be sold at auction. The letter was written years before he met his wife Wallis Simpson and abdicated from the throne...
