A letter by Edward VIII to mistress Freda Dudley Ward is to be auctioned off . The letter, which was written in the early days of World War II, will go under the hammer at Sotheby's, London on October 29. In it he wrote how he was 'sick of my bloody job ' before he became king . Also moaned about a ' f* * * * * * world trip ' he was about to embark upon . Their liaison lasted five years before he married divorcee Wallis Simpson . The letter is expected to fetch up to £3,000 when it goes under the hammer .
A letter by Edward VIII to mistress Freda Dudley Ward is to be auctioned off . The socialite and married mother-of-two had a five year affair with the royal . In it he wrote how he was 'sick of my bloody job ' before he became king . Also moaned about a ' f****** world trip ' he was about to embark upon . Their liaison lasted five years before he married divorcee Wallis Simpson . The letter is expected to fetch up to £3,000 when it goes under the hammer .