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In soon to be auctioned letter, the future Edward VIII, who would eventually abdicate, complains of official wonk and these cornie pompous stunts on the tour
The letter is thought to be one of hundreds sent by Prince Edward to Freda Dudley Ward most of which have been destroyed and is set to go up for auction with an estimated value of £600
Lunched with Emerald [Cunard] to meet Mrs Simpson, the
maîtresse-en-titre of the Prince of Wales. She is a nice, quiet, well-bred, mouse of a woman with large startled eyes and a huge, huge mole.
We had a luncheon party here. The plot was to do a
politesse to Mrs Simpson. She is a jolly, plain, intelligent, quiet little woman, both unpretentious and unprepossessing. But, as I wrote to [Prince] Paul of Yugoslavia today, she has already the air of a personage and walks into the room as if she almost expected to be curtsied to: at least she would not be surprised. She has complete power over the Prince of Wales.