Ebook What I Know

In the course of the last three years there has been written about King Edward much that I did not know. It has occurred to me that what I know may prove at least as interesting.

In the following pages Their Majesties King George the Fifth and Queen Mary are always spoken of as The Prince and Princess of Wales, while His Royal Highness the Prince of Wrales is referred to as Prince Edward.

I have spared no pains to make this record an accurate one. So far as has been possible every date has been verified, and in the few cases where my recollection as to the occasion is not positive, I have said so.

I fear I have made much mention of myself. This was inevitable; and at the risk of being thought egotistical I have related happenings which would come better from the pen of another, if only there were another to tell them.

The drawing which forms the frontispiece I owe to the kindness of Miss Olive Snell.

I have to express my gratitude to Mr. Dornford Yates, but for whose tireless assistance these memories might never have been published.