Lot 77
Edward VIII (King) Autograph Letter signed to his mistress Freda Dudley Ward, 1919, suggesting that his brother Bertie (George VI), was conducting an illicit love affair with Sheila, Lady Loughborough, "After tea I managed to lure Loughie [Lord Loughborough] away... so as to give Sheilie a chance of being alone with Bertie; they said they were tired & we left them...".
Hammer Price: £2,400
Description
Edward VIII (King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, as Prince of Wales, 1894-1972) Long Autograph Letter signed "David" to his mistress Freda Dudley Ward, in pencil, 4pp. & typed addressed envelope, 8vo, 9th June 1919, suggesting that his brother Bertie (the future King George VI), was conducting an illicit love affair with Sheila, Lady Loughborough, "I simply couldn't hit a ball at golf & Bertie beat my head off, f-- him... we motored on to Winchester reaching Lankhills at 5:30. After tea I managed to lure Loughie [Lord Loughborough] away on the pretext of wanting to play a few more holes of golf on the local course, so as to give Sheilie a chance of being alone with Bertie; they said they were tired & we left them...", folds.
⁂ A long, intimate and rather self pitying letter. Printed with several passages omitted in Letters from a Prince, edited by Robert Godfrey, London, 1998, pp. 149-150.
Margaret Sheila Mackellar Chisholm (1895-1969), Australian socialite. She married three times: (1) Francis St Clair-Erskine, Lord Loughborough (heir to the 5th Earl of Rosslyn); (2) Sir John Charles Peniston Milbanke, 11th Bt; and (3) Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich of Russia. Chisholm also had close relationships with brothers Edward VIII and George VI.
Description
Edward VIII (King of Great Britain and Emperor of India, as Prince of Wales, 1894-1972) Long Autograph Letter signed "David" to his mistress Freda Dudley Ward, in pencil, 4pp. & typed addressed envelope, 8vo, 9th June 1919, suggesting that his brother Bertie (the future King George VI), was conducting an illicit love affair with Sheila, Lady Loughborough, "I simply couldn't hit a ball at golf & Bertie beat my head off, f-- him... we motored on to Winchester reaching Lankhills at 5:30. After tea I managed to lure Loughie [Lord Loughborough] away on the pretext of wanting to play a few more holes of golf on the local course, so as to give Sheilie a chance of being alone with Bertie; they said they were tired & we left them...", folds.
⁂ A long, intimate and rather self pitying letter. Printed with several passages omitted in Letters from a Prince, edited by Robert Godfrey, London, 1998, pp. 149-150.
Margaret Sheila Mackellar Chisholm (1895-1969), Australian socialite. She married three times: (1) Francis St Clair-Erskine, Lord Loughborough (heir to the 5th Earl of Rosslyn); (2) Sir John Charles Peniston Milbanke, 11th Bt; and (3) Prince Dmitri Alexandrovich of Russia. Chisholm also had close relationships with brothers Edward VIII and George VI.
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