With Christmas approaching , one might have expected the future Edward VIII to be full of good cheer . But after arriving at Sandringham in 1919 to join his family for the holidays , he told his lover he was ‘ so , so sick of his bloody job ’ , describing the pain he felt that his royal commitments were keeping them apart . In a recently unearthed letter to his mistress Freda Dudley Ward , the 25-year-old Edward makes it clear – using somewhat colourful language – that he would rather spend time with her than on official duties . Scroll down for video . Freda Dudley Ward , left , a married socialite and mother-of-two , who had an affair with King Edward VIII before he married Wallis Simpson , when he was known as David , Prince of Wales . Lovestruck Edward had an affair with mother-of-two Mrs Dudley Ward from 1918 to 1923 , years before giving up the throne in order to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson . Edward , who was known as David , Prince of Wales at the time , also moaned about a ' f****** world trip ' he was about to embark upon in his royal capacity . Their liaison began in 1918 after a chance meeting at a party in an air raid in London and lasted five years . Then 23 , the socialite was a married to Liberal MP William Dudley Ward , who apparently turned a blind eye to the affair . By 1919 , the prince wrote he was 'fearfully madly ' in love , and appears to have introduced her to members of the Royal Family , including his brother Bertie , the future King George VI . The letter he wrote to her is now tipped to sell for £3,000 when it is sold at auction later this month . In it , he wrote of how he loathed saying goodbye to Mrs Dudley Ward on the morning he wrote the letter . A letter written by Edward VIII to his first mistress Freda Dudley Ward , which is set to be sold at auction later this month . He stated : ' I do so resent this separation and I do miss you so this evening my precious one . I feel so lost sweetie . I ’ ve been thinking of you so much sweetheart since we parted and am so happy I took you to the station . 'Darling , darling I can ’ t even start to try to thank you and bless you for all your divine marvellous sweetness . ' I can never tell you how madly and desperately I love you darling and you know it and how yuou mean absolutely all and everything to me in life ; nothing else seems to matter now , not even my bloody job of which I am so so sick ! ! ' Their affair was well-known to aristocrats and politicians . In 1927 , Winston Churchill travelled on a train with the couple , and noted : 'It was quite pathetic to see the prince with Freda . His love is so obvious and undisguisable . ' Freda Dudley Ward and Prince Edward with Viscountess Furness and Prince George of Hanover in 1932 . The prince sent her thousands of letters and the pair stayed in contact until he met Mrs Simpson . He would bombard Mrs Dudley Ward her with extravagant gifts , including a gold watch , and wrote letters to his 'precious Fredie Wedie ' , signing off as 'adoring little David ' . Mark Huddlestone , from Birmingham ’ s Fellows auctioneers , said : 'The love letter reveals a rare glimpse of the innermost private lives of the British monarchy , and furthermore of an ordinary man completely besotted with his lover . 'The letter portrays the scene of a man , forced to leave his lover over work commitments . 'Writing only hours after their parting , he passionately describes his hatred for leaving her on the train platform that morning , and his longing for her reply . 'The Prince describes his Royal duties as tedious chores , tearing him away from his love and one person in the world he feels at home with . 'Edward wrote to his mistress frequently throughout their relationship , each letter filled with as much passion and infatuation as the last . ' The Prince of Wales ( left ) pictured with Freda Dudley-Ward , and her husband liberal MP William Dudley-Ward , and right , with Wallis Simpson on their wedding day in 1937 . In the letter , the former monarch also wrote of a hair-raising car journey he took with his brother Bertie , who became King George VI on the way to Sandringham in Christmas 1919 . The two princes drove at over 60mph on ‘ greasy ’ country roads to reach the rural estate , bursting a tyre along the way . Edward headed the letter ‘ York Cottage , Sandringham ’ and , clearly wanting to be elsewhere , wrote underneath the address ‘ f*** it ! ! ! ’ Writing about the perilous car journey he said : 'Bertie and I arrived safely at 6.00 . 'We took 4 hrs to come via Newmarket as the roads were greasy and we tore an outer cover which meant changing the wheel ; but the car ran fine and we overran 60mph twice tho how I wanted you to be sitting beside me instead of Bertie . ' The letter is owned by a private collector and is being sold on March 30 .
A letter by lady VIII to mistress Freda Dudley Ward is to be auctioned off . The socialite and married mother - of - honour had a five month 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 insist upon . Their liaison lasted five months before he married lady Wallis ##hurst . The letter is expected to fetch up to £ 3,000 when it goes under the hammer .