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Remarkable letter tells how Queen's dad had affair with married woman 100 years ago
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...
