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royal letter more than 100 years old reveals the Queen's father had an affair with a married woman.Written on June 9, 1919, the letter was written by Edward VIII, who famously abdicated the throne in 1936. Known then as the Prince of Wales, he writes about how he lured Lord Loughborough away so that his wife, Lady Sheila Loughborough, could be alone with his brother, George VI, The Mirror reports.He convinced Lord Loughborough to play a round of golf with him as a favour to his younger brother, who was known in his family as 'Bertie'.The owner of the letter has now put it up for auction.Bertie was said to have been infatuated with the Australian socialite, but his father, King George V, allegedly warned him against seeing her.In Edward's letter to his married lover Freda Dudley Ward, he wrote: "I simply couldn't hit a ball at golf & Bertie beat my head off, f- him...

Edward VIII which reflects his disenchantment with life as a royal, years before he met Wallis Simpson has sold at auction for £7,117. The four-page letter, written by the then-Prince of Wales in 1919, aged 25, fetched almost 12 times its pre-sale estimate of £400 to £600.

Edward VIII which reflects his disenchantment with life as a royal, years before he met Wallis Simpson is to be sold at auction. The then-Prince of Wales wrote the four-page letter in 1919, aged 25, while aboard the ship HMS Renown as it took him on a royal tour of Canada.