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8 Information from Dr Rosie Collins. ‘Radcliffe-on-Trent and the First World War.’
9 Interview with Max Reed and Martha Milinaric. 10 June 2017.
10 ‘Local Ladies as We Know Them. No. 9. Mrs Charles Birkin.’ 5 March 1931. Nottingham Journal.
11 Interview with Max Reed and Martha Milinaric. 10 June 2017.
12 Ibid.
13 29 September 1932. Kenneth Young (ed.). The Diaries of Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart. Vol. 1. 1915–1938. London: Macmillan, 1973. 227.
14 Interview with Max Reed and Martha Milinaric. 10 June 2017.
15 ‘The Rowers of Vanity Fair.’ 29 March 1900. Cambridge University Boat Club C-Spy.
16 ‘Fashionable Wedding.’ 9 July 1913. Nottingham Evening Post.
17 Sheila Loughborough. In Godfrey (ed.). Letters from a Prince. xviii.
18 ‘In Town and Out.’ 5 October 1910. The Tatler.
19 ‘Treasurer’s Debut.’ 1 March 1910. Globe.
20 11 November 1922. Hull Daily Mail.
21 8 May 1915. Hampshire Advertiser.
22 ‘The Wife of a Very Distinguished Wet Bob Who is Doing his Bit Afloat with the Fleet.’ 13 September 1916. The Tatler.
23 Godfrey (ed.). Letters from a Prince. 3.
24 Helen Hardinge. Loyal to Three Kings: A Memoir of Alec Hardinge, Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1920–1943. London: William Kimber, 1967. 68.
25 Godfrey (ed.). Letters from a Prince. 278.
26 Quoted in Anne Edwards. Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor. Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014. Accessed via Google Books.
27 30 January 1924. Dundee Courier.
28 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 4 April 1918. In Godfrey (ed.). Letters from a Prince. 13.
29 The Duke of Windsor. A King’s Story: The Memoirs of HRH the Duke of Windsor. London: Pan Books, 1957. 125.
30 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 14 April 1918. In Godfrey (ed.). Letters from a Prince. 18–19.
31 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 6 May 1918. In ibid. 28.
32 Ibid. ix.
33 Ibid. xix.
34 Ibid. 77.
35 Major Reginald Seymour to Freda Dudley Ward. 9 October 1918. In Godfrey (ed.). Letters from a Prince. 88.
36 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 11 October 1918. In ibid. 89.
37 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 16 October 1918. In ibid. 94.
38 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 3 December 1918. In ibid. 112.
39 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 15 February 1919. In ibid. 140
40 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 8 July 1918. In ibid. 54.
41 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 9 October 1918. In ibid. 87.
42 Ibid. 101.
43 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 2 May 1919. In ibid. 144.
44 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 2 January 1920. In ibid. 240–1.
45 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 14 January 1920. In ibid. 245.
46 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 31 August 1923. Max Reed Papers.
47 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 22 July 1920. In Godfrey (ed.). Letters from a Prince. 356.
48 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 22 July 1920. In ibid. 356.
49 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 28 April 1920. In ibid. 289
50 Duke of Windsor. A King’s Story. 131.
51 Bryan and Murphy. The Windsor Story. 83–4.
52 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 5 December 1918. In Godfrey (ed.). Letters from a Prince. 114.
53 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 20 August 1918. In ibid. 70.
54 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 9 December 1918. In ibid. 116.
55 Mabell, Countess of Airlie. Thatched with Gold: The Memoirs of Mabell, Countess of Airlie. London: Hutchinson, 1962. 162–3.
56 Queen Mary to Edward, Prince of Wales. 31 March 1917. RA EDW/PRIV/MAIN/A/2042. The Royal Archives.
57 Hardinge. Loyal to Three Kings. 30–8.
58 Queen Mary to Edward, Prince of Wales. 7 September 1918. RA EDW/PRIV/MAIN/A/2173. The Royal Archives.
59 Edward, Prince of Wales to Queen Mary. 7 September 1918. RA QM/PRIV/CC09: 1916–1918. The Royal Archives.
60 Edward, Prince of Wales to Queen Mary. 15 December 1918. RA QM/PRIV/CC09: 1916–1918. The Royal Archives.
61 Queen Mary to Edward, Prince of Wales. 6 December 1918. RA EDW/PRIV/MAIN/A/2204. The Royal Archives.
62 Duke of Windsor. A King’s Story. 184.
63 Mabell, Countess of Airlie. Thatched with Gold. 128–9.
64 Hardinge. Loyal to Three Kings. 51.
65 Quoted in Andrew Morton. 17 Carnations: The Windsors, the Nazis and the Cover Up. London: Michael O’Mara Books, 2015. 14.
66 Bryan and Murphy. The Windsor Story. 83.
67 For a full description of the ‘4 Dos’ time together see Robert Wainwright. Sheila: The Australian Beauty Who Bewitched British Society. Australia: Allen and Unwin, 2014.
68 Duke of Windsor. A King’s Story. 128.
69 ‘More About Mariegold.’ 29 December 1920. The Sketch.
70 Cartland. We Danced All Night. 383.
71 Frances Donaldson. Child of the Twenties. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959. 69.
72 Cartland. We Danced All Night. 322.
73 Donaldson. Child of the Twenties. 69.
74 Donaldson. Edward VIII. 103–5.
75 Donaldson. Child of the Twenties. 70–1.
76 Ibid. 72.
77 Donaldson. Edward VIII. 107.
78 Bryan and Murphy. The Windsor Story. 81.
Chapter 6
1 Mabell, Countess of Airlie. Thatched with Gold: The Memoirs of Mabell, Countess of Airlie. London: Hutchinson, 1962. 145.
2 The Duke of Windsor. A King’s Story: The Memoirs of HRH the Duke of Windsor. London: Pan Books, 1957. 137.
3 Frances Donaldson. Edward VIII. London: Futura Publications, 1976. 63.
4 J. Bryan III and Charles J.V. Murphy. The Windsor Story. London: Granada Publishing, 1981. 78.
5 Ibid. 84.
6 Ralph G. Martin. The Woman He Loved: The Story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973. 144.
7 Ibid. 144–5.
8 Lord Esher to Edward, Prince of Wales. 14 October 1921. RA EDW/PRIV/MAIN/A/2346. The Royal Archives.
9 Duke of Windsor. A King’s Story. 60.
10 Philip Ziegler. King Edward VIII: The Official Biography. London: Fontana, 1991. 181.
11 Ibid. 110.
12 16 March 1920. A.J.P. Taylor (ed.). Lloyd George: A Diary by Frances Stevenson. London: Hutchinson, 1971. 206.
13 ‘The Camera in Society.’ 7 April 1920. The Tatler.
14 5 July 1922. The Sketch.
15 ‘Other People’s Troubles.’ 20 April 1921. The Sketch.
16 Interview with Martha Milinaric and Max Reed. 10 June 2017.
17 ‘Mariegold in Society.’ 19 December 1923. The Sketch.
18 Interview with Martha Milinaric and Max Reed. 10 June 2017.
19 Edward, Prince of Wales to Sheila, Lady Loughborough. 13 November 1921. National Records of Scotland. Rosslyn Papers. GD164/2289/41 1–5.
20 Ziegler. King Edward VIII. 9.
21 Bryan and Murphy. The Windsor Story. 86.
22 Anne Edwards. Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor. London: Rowan and Littlefield, 2015. 358.
23 Bryan and Murphy. The Windsor Story. 86.
24 27 July 1919. Alfred Shaughnessy (ed.). Sarah: The Letters and Diaries of a Courtier’s Wife 1906–1936. London: Peter Owen, 1989. 105–6.
25 17 November 1920. John Julius Norwich (ed.). The Duff Cooper Diaries 1915–1951. London: Phoenix, 2006. 136.
26 Winston Churchill to Clementine Churchill. 9 February 1921. In Mary Soames (ed.). Speaking for Themselve
s: The Personal Letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill. London: Doubleday, 1998. 227.
27 Donaldson. Edward VIII. 58.
28 James Lees-Milne. The Life of Reginald, 2nd Viscount Esher: The Enigmatic Edwardian. London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1986. 326.
29 19 January 1931. Kenneth Young (ed.). The Diaries of Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart. Vol. 1: 1915–1938. London: Macmillan, 1973. 147.
30 Bryan and Murphy. The Windsor Story. 85.
31 Information from Dr Rosie Collins. ‘Radcliffe-on-Trent and the First World War.’
32 ‘Local Ladies as We Know Them. No.9. Mrs Charles Birkin.’ 5 March 1931. Nottingham Journal.
33 Interview with Dr Rosie Collins.
34 Information from Dr Rosie Collins. ‘Radcliffe-on-Trent and the First World War.’
35 10 December 1925. Nottingham Journal.
36 2 December 1927. Dundee Courier.
37 ‘A Radcliffe Play: Mrs C. Birkin’s Company at the Village Hall.’ 17 January 1928. Nottingham Journal.
38 11 August 1919. In Shaughnessy (ed.). Sarah. 108.
39 Donaldson. Edward VIII. 62.
40 30 October 1919. In Shaughnessy (ed.). Sarah. 115–17.
41 Ziegler. King Edward VIII. 98.
42 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 20 October 1919. In Rupert Godfrey (ed.). Letters from a Prince. London: Little, Brown, 1998. 212.
43 Ziegler. King Edward VIII. 118.
44 Donaldson. Edward VIII. 71.
45 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 24 October 1919. In Godfrey (ed.). Letters from a Prince. 215.
46 Bryan and Murphy. The Windsor Story. 83.
47 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 8 September 1919. In Godfrey (ed.). Letters from a Prince. 184.
48 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 7 September 1919. In ibid.183.
49 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 24 October 1919. In ibid. 215.
50 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 7 November 1919. In ibid. 222.
51 Lucy Moore. Anything Goes: A Biography of the Roaring Twenties. London: Atlantic Books, 2008. 232–9.
52 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 19 March 1920. In Godfrey (ed.). Letters from a Prince. 257.
53 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 18 April 1920. In ibid. 279.
54 Ibid. 53.
55 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 20 March 1920. In ibid. 259.
56 Louis Mountbatten to the Marchioness of Milford Haven. 15 July 1920. Mountbatten Archive. Southampton University. MS62-MB6-M61.
57 Ziegler. King Edward VIII. 128.
58 Donaldson. Edward VIII. 79.
59 Joey Legh to Sarah Shaughnessy. 14 June 1920. In Shaughnessy (ed.). Sarah. 126.
60 Louis Mountbatten to the Marchioness of Milford Haven. 9 May 1920. Mountbatten Archive. Southampton University. MS62-MB6-M61.
61 Joey Legh to Sarah Shaughnessy. 20 June 1920. In Shaughnessy (ed.). Sarah. 127.
62 Sir Francis Newdigate Newdegate to Willy. 15 February 1921. Shropshire Archives. 4629/1/1921/3/1.
63 Ibid.
64 Edward, Prince of Wales to Lady Weigall. 17 July 1920. RA EDW/PRIV/MAIN/A/2296. The Royal Archives.
65 Sir Francis Newdigate Newdegate to Willy. 15 February 1921. Shropshire Archives. 4629/1/1921/3/1.
66 Lees-Milne. The Life of Reginald 2nd Viscount Esher. 331.
67 Lord Esher to Edward, Prince of Wales. 13 November 1921. RA EDW/PRIV/MAIN/A/2360. The Royal Archives.
68 Ibid.
69 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 22 May 1920. In Godfrey (ed.). Letters from a Prince. 300.
70 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 24 June 1920. In ibid. 329.
71 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 27 June 1920. In ibid. 336.
72 Joey Legh to Sarah Shaughnessy. 15 June 1920. In Shaughnessy (ed.). Sarah. 126.
73 Louis Mountbatten to the Marchioness of Milford Haven. 15 July 1920. Mountbatten Archive. Southampton University. MS62-MB6-M61.
74 Ziegler. King Edward VIII. 134.
75 12 December 1920. In Norwich (ed.). The Duff Cooper Diaries. 137.
76 Winston Churchill to Clementine Churchill. 16 February 1921. In Soames (ed.). Speaking for Themselves. 230.
77 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 16 May 1921. Max Reed Papers.
78 Edwards. Matriarch. 323.
79 Ziegler. King Edward VIII. 104.
80 Martin. The Woman He Loved. 143.
81 Ziegler. King Edward VIII. 104.
82 ‘The Prince’s Blow to Flunkeydom: An Unconventional Character Sketch by Hannen Swaffer.’ 22 January 1921. The Graphic.
Chapter 7
1 Frances Donaldson. Edward VIII. London: Futura Publications, 1976.108.
2 John Julius Norwich (ed.). The Duff Cooper Diaries 1915–1951. London: Phoenix, 2006. 30.
3 ‘Michael Herbert.’ 27 September 1932. The Times.
4 ‘Memorial Hall.’ 3 June 1938. Western Gazette.
5 ‘Imp’s Jest.’ 25 October 1929. Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer.
6 ‘Michael Herbert.’ 27 September 1932. The Times.
7 Diana Cooper to Duff Cooper. 30 March 1924. In Artemis Cooper (ed.). A Durable Fire: The Letters of Duff and Diana Cooper 1913–1950. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1985. 177.
8 Philip Ziegler. Diana Cooper: The Biography of Lady Diana Cooper. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1981. 64.
9 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 30 November 1918. In Rupert Godfrey (ed.). Letters from a Prince. London: Little, Brown, 1998. 112.
10 Michael Herbert to Freda Dudley Ward. No date. Michael Herbert Letters. Wiltshire and Swindon Archives. 2057/F4/113.
11 Ibid.
12 Ibid.
13 Ibid.
14 Ibid.
15 Ibid.
16 Ibid.
17 Edward, Prince of Wales to Sheila, Lady Loughborough.13 November 1921. Rosslyn Papers. National Records of Scotland. GD164/2289/41 1–5.
18 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 17 January 1922. Max Reed Papers.
19 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 23 November 1921. Max Reed Papers.
20 Philip Ziegler. Mountbatten: The Official Biography. London: Book Club Associates, 1985. 60.
21 Donaldson. Edward VIII. 85.
22 Philip Ziegler. King Edward VIII: The Official Biography. London: Fontana, 1991. 139.
23 Donaldson. Edward VIII. 88–9.
24 Ibid. 96–7.
25 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 23 January 1922. Max Reed Papers.
26 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 15 January 1922. Max Reed Papers.
27 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 17 January 1922. Max Reed Papers.
28 ‘Prince’s Return from India.’ ‘The Letters of Evelyn.’ 28 June 1922. The Tatler.
29 ‘The Jottings of Jane. Frinton Again.’ 12 July 1922. The Sketch.
30 24 July 1924. Cornubian and Redruth Times.
31 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 28 October 1922. Max Reed Papers.
32 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 17 August 1922. Max Reed Papers.
33 Brendan O Cathaoir. ‘An Irishman’s Diary.’ 27 May 1997. The Irish Times.
34 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 15 August 1922. Max Reed Papers.
35 11 November 1922. Hampshire Advertiser.
36 ‘Letter to Electors of Southampton.’ 4 November 1922. Hampshire Advertiser.
37 18 November 1922. Hampshire Advertiser.
38 30 June 1923. Hampshire Advertiser.
39 ‘The Letters of Eve.’ 13 April 1932. The Tatler.
40 Michael Thornton. Royal Feud: The Queen Mother and the Duchess of Windsor. London: Michael Joseph, 1985. 53.
41 Anne Edwards. Matriarch: Queen Mary and the House of Windsor. London: Rowan and Littlefield, 2015. 336.
42 Queen Elizabeth, the Quee
n Mother to Queen Elizabeth. 2 May 1988. In William Shawcross (ed.). Counting One’s Blessings: The Selected Letters of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. London: Macmillan, 2012. 591.
43 J. Bryan III and Charles J.V. Murphy. The Windsor Story. London: Granada Publishing, 1981.86.
44 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. No date. Max Reed Papers.
45 Ralph G. Martin. The Woman He Loved: The Story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973. 146.
46 Bryan and Murphy. The Windsor Story. 86.
47 Michael Herbert to Freda Dudley Ward. 21 August 1923. Martha Milinaric Papers.
48 Ziegler. King Edward VIII. 100.
49 Anne Sebba. That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson Duchess of Windsor. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2011. 139.
50 Lucy Moore. Anything Goes: A Biography of the Roaring Twenties. London: Atlantic Books, 2008. 216.
Chapter 8
1 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 27 October 1921. Max Reed Papers.
2 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 2 January 1920. Rupert Godfrey (ed.). Letters from a Prince. London: Little, Brown, 1998. 241.
3 27 February 1924. The Bystander.
4 7 March 1916. Edward, Prince of Wales’s Diary. RA EDW/PRIV/DIARY: 1915–1917. The Royal Archives.
5 Ibid. 19 May 1916.
6 Edward, Prince of Wales to Freda Dudley Ward. 3 August 1921. Max Reed Papers.
7 Interview with Michael Thornton. Michael Thornton. Royal Feud: The Queen Mother and the Duchess of Windsor. London: Michael Joseph, 1985. 45.
8 J. Bryan III and Charles J.V. Murphy. The Windsor Story. London: Granada Publishing, 1981. 96.
9 Edward James. Swans Reflecting Elephants: My Early Years. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1982. 4.
10 Ibid. 21.
11 Louis Mountbatten to the Marchioness of Milford Haven. 28 December 1919. Mountbatten Papers. Southampton University. MS62-MB6-M60.
12 Frances Donaldson. Child of the Twenties. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1959. 81–2.
13 Bryan and Murphy. The Windsor Story. 90.
14 Philip Ziegler. Mountbatten: The Official Biography. London: Book Club Associates, 1985. 59–60.
15 Duff Hart-Davis (ed.). In Royal Service: Letters and Journals of Sir Alan Lascelles from 1920 to 1936. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1989. 12.
16 The Duke of Windsor. A King’s Story: The Memoirs of HRH the Duke of Windsor. London: Pan Books, 1957. 33.
17 Ibid. 191.
18 Hart-Davis (ed.). In Royal Service. 13.