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Winifred May Mones, Marquesa de Casa Maury (née Birkin, formerly Dudley Ward; 28 July 1894 – 16 March 1983), commonly known by her first married name as Freda Dudley Ward, was an English socialite. She was best known for being a married paramour of Edward, Prince of Wales, who later became Edward VIII.
Freda Dudley Ward was a socialite and the mistress of the Prince of Wales from 1918 to 1934. She appeared in the 2013 Christmas Special of Downton Abbey, where she met Rose MacClare and Charles Blake.
Jul 28, 2021 · Freda Dudley Ward was the eldest daughter of a wealthy family and the lover of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII, for 15 years. She met him in 1918 during a Zeppelin raid and received hundreds of love letters from him, but he also had other affairs and eventually married Wallis Simpson.
Feb 24, 2014 · On the show, Lady Rose has the opportunity to rub elbows with the Prince of Wales — the future King Edward VIII, who eventually came to the throne in 1936 — and his lover, Mrs. Freda Dudley Ward.
Feb 25, 2014 · Freda Dudley Ward was a married socialite who had a long affair with Prince Edward, the future King of England. Learn about their secret letters, their breakup, and their impact on Edward's abdication and Wallis Simpson.
Jun 8, 2003 · Article on England's Prince Edward VIII and his one-time lover, Freda Dudley Ward, in light of upcoming sale by Sotheby's New York of some 313 letters he wrote to Ward between 1921 and 1923...
Oct 21, 2021 · A gushing love letter Edward VIII, then Prince of Wales, sent to his long-standing mistress, Freda Dudley Ward, exceeded expectations when it sold for £7,117 at the Cheffins Library Sale on 21st October.
