As never-before-seen photos are auctioned, meet the married lover who came BEFORE Wallis. Edward VIII had a 15-year affair with a woman he called Mummie (and begged her to beat him 'to bring him to his senses')

It was a letter written by a man who clearly felt trapped. Weighed down by responsibility, the author was desperate to escape it all with the woman he loved.

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