25 January 1923
My dear Darling
I am just writing you a very little letter, which I hope you will get on Friday or Saturday. There won’t be anything in it at all, except to say that I shall be thinking about you when you get this, & hoping that everything will go wonderfully well. I am quite sure it will. Also, I might add that I do love you Bertie, & feel certain that I shall more & more. I shall miss you terribly. You are such an Angel to me.
Goodbye till Sunday - may it come quickly
from your always and forever loving E
On 3 January 1923 the Duke of York proposed to Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon for a third time, after she declined the first two in 1921 and 1922. Elizabeth took over a week to decide and accepted the Prince's proposal on the evening of Sunday 14 January after he 'proposed continuously' since the Friday. Photographed after their engagement, 1923. ©Curatorial Assistance Inc. / E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection.