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Winifred May Mones, Marquesa de Casa Maury (née Birkin, formerly Dudley Ward; 28 July 1894 – 16 March 1983), commonly known by her first married name as Freda Dudley Ward, was an English socialite.
Oct 6, 2023 · New photos of a youthful King Edward VIII – believed to have been taken by his young mistress – to be auctioned next week. Freda Dudley Ward, a sweetheart of the young Prince of Wales, is thought to have taken the candid monochrome photographs. By Ollie Macnaughton. 6 October 2023.
- Ollie Macnaughton
Dec 5, 2018 · The then 25-year-old was embroiled in a 20 year liaison with Mrs Dudley-Ward which lasted from 1914 to 1934, only ending when Edward met American socialite Wallis Simpson. The Prince is...
Dec 14, 2017 · In 1918 he embarked on an affair with 28-year-old Freda Dudley Ward and, despite her being married, she became Edward's main squeeze for the next 16 years. He had other squeezes, as did she,...
Feb 10, 2012 · By the time they met in 1918, Freda was the 23-year-old mother of two daughters, wife of a little-remembered politician, William Dudley Ward, 16 years her senior.
- Steve Meacham
Mar 25, 2011 · The hand-written letter sent to married socialite Freda Dudley Ward shows him to be head over heels in love 17 years before his devotion to Simpson plunged the monarchy into crisis.
Oct 8, 2021 · 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,...
