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Oct 21, 2021 · The letter to his mistress Freda Dudley Ward was written when he was the Prince of Wales in 1919. The love letter from Edward VIII has fetched more than £7,000 at auction (Cheffins/PA)
Feb 3, 2022 · In the century-old letter, which is going up for auction on February 10, Edward describes a day trip to his mistress, Freda Dudley Ward. Edward and Albert head to Lankhills house, a gothic manor ...
Jan 28, 2022 · Edward, the Prince of Wales (who later became King Edward VIII before abdicating the throne to marry American socialite Wallis Simpson) wrote the letter to Freda Dudley Ward, his own married ...
Dudley Ward may refer to: Freda Dudley Ward (1894-1983), mistress of the Prince of Wales from 1918 to 1923. General Sir Alfred Dudley Ward (1905–91), Governor of Gibraltar. Dudley Ward (judge) (1827–1913), New Zealand judge and politician. Viscounts Dudley and Ward, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Mar 6, 2020 · In 1918, Prince Edward met Mrs. Winifred ("Freda"), Dudley Ward. Despite the fact that they were about the same age (23), Freda had been married for five years when they met. For 16 years, Freda was Prince Edward's mistress.
Oct 21, 2021 · At the time of writing, the prince was 25 years old and his affair with Mrs Dudley Ward would go on until 1934, only ending when he became involved with Wallis Simpson. At the time, Freda Dudley Ward was married to Liberal MP William Dudley Ward and Edward VIII was known to have written hundreds of letters to her, many of which were destroyed or lost.
Oct 1, 1999 · While the correspondence between the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson has been preserved and published, it had been thought that many of the Prince of Wales' letters to his earlier mistress, Mrs. Freda Dudley Ward, had been destroyed by her sometime before her death.
