The letters have always been in private hands and the seller is anonymous. She also told him: 'I really know nothing about your love life, which as you know always interests us.' we may go to Austria for a few days to stay with friends.' Giving yet another indication of hers and Edward's gilded social diary, she added: 'We will miss you at Biarritz. In one letter, she thanked him 'for being so nice to my "Romance" and keeping him from being alone.' In one letter (above), she thanked him 'for being so nice to my "Romance" and keeping him from being alone.' Giving yet another indication of hers and Edward's gilded social diary, she added: 'We will miss you at Biarritz. 'You are a wonderful host and always give your friends a good time, the Duchess is most grateful for the four brace of pheasants which we are serving at a dinner party.' He wrote: 'The shoot on Wednesday was lots of fun and enjoyed by all your guests. In a third letter, he thanked the Earl for hosting a shooting party. The Duke of Windsor also wrote of his dislike for spending winter in New York, as he admitted he preferred the warmer temperatures of Palm Beach. In a separate letter to William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley, Edward wrote about how Churchill's speech to the conservative Primrose League at the Royal Albert Hall in 1951 had been received in America. We sail for Europe in 'Queen Elizabeth' on May 24 and as I expect to go to Great Britain early in June, I look forward to seeing you and Laura again soon.' 'We leave this evening to see the Kentucky Derby, and then will spend a week at White Sulphour for golf. 'The doctors wouldn't let her travel to Florida, but she sent me to Palm Beach a lonely bachelor, to stop two weeks with Bob and Anita Young. Praise be to God she has made a good recovery but still has to take it easy. 'It was like "Kayoing" a groggy man in the ring. Revealing his extensive travel plans and Wallis's medical issue, he then added: 'Then, just as I was through and whacked with the final correcting of all the galley proofs, the poor Duchess goes to the Medical Center for a routine check-up and the doctors decide to perform a slight operation. Providing a reason for not having been in touch sooner, he said: 'The truth is that in order to meet my publisher's deadline, I've been out of circulation until my book was published on April 1 and I've had to let my personal correspondence slide, along with everything else.' Other letters reveal Edward's political sympathies, with one expressing his support for the then Prime Minister Winston Churchill and another describing his disappointment at US General MacArthur being forced to leave North Korea by Chinese communists during the Korean War.Īnother image shows Edward sitting on a bench with a female friend.Įdward wrote to the Earl of Dudley from New York in May 1951, less than a month after his ghost-written autobiography had been published. In one, Edward told the Earl of Dudley how, after spending two weeks in Palm Beach, Florida, he was set to enjoy a week of golf in Virginia's White Sulfur Springs before sailing to Europe and then visiting Britain. The letters in the sale betray the packed holidaying schedule of Edward and Wallis, who became the Duke and Duchess of Windsor after the former king's abdication. The lots are expected to fetch up to £8,000 when they are sold with Chiswick Auctions, in West London, tomorrow. The photos, which are among a trove of letters and documents being sold that were once owned by the royal couple's friend the Earl of Dudley, are believed to have been taken in Venice. Now, previously unseen images that have emerged for sale reveal just one of the many holidays that Edward enjoyed with his wife Wallis Simpson in the 1950s. Having married American divorcee Wallis Simpson shortly after abdicating in December 1936, Edward spent much of his time attending parties and living in luxury in France and the US. After he gave up the crown to marry the woman he loved, Edward VIII continued to enjoy the kind of lifestyle that was fit for a king.
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