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10 de feb. de 2012 · Edward's letters and the Prince and Freda Dudley Ward. Credit: Tamara Dean . It was Edward, known to his intimate circle as David, who abdicated in 1936 to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
He married Winifred May "Freda" Birkin (better known under her married name of Freda Dudley Ward), daughter of Colonel Charles Wilfred Birkin, in 1913. She was a socialite and became a mistress of Edward, Prince of Wales. The marriage produced two daughters, of whom the elder, Penelope Dudley-Ward, was
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's letters to his earlier mistress, Mrs Freda Dudley Ward, had been destroyed by her some time before her death. But in November 1996, whilst holidaying abroad, Rupert Godfrey by chance came across 262 letters dating from 1918 to 1921 ...
Freda Dudley Ward. Winifred May Birkin, marchesa di Casa Maury ( 28 luglio 1894 – 16 marzo 1983 ), conosciuta con il nome di Freda Dudley Ward, fu l'amante del principe di Galles e futuro re Edoardo VIII .
8 de oct. de 2021 · Freda Dudley Ward was a married socialite who became the paramour of the future King of England. The couple first met at a party in March 1918 after Freda took shelter from a Zeppelin raid in the ...
