Racist letters about Aboriginal Australians from King Edward VIII have been unearthed in a new documentary.
The correspondence shows the then-Prince of Wales ranting about having to see 'filthy, nauseating creatures' as he met Aborigines during his tour of 110 cities across Australia in 1920.
The letters to married English socialite Freya Dudley Ward show a different side to the one he portrayed in public during the tour.
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Racist letters about Aboriginal Australians from the future King Edward VIII (pictured) have been unearthed in a new documentary
She was the future King's lover from 1918 to 1923 and they remained close until 1936, when he met American divorcee Wallis Simpson, whom he gave up the throne for later that year.
In public the heir to the throne appeared to be a benevolent royal, showing sympathy to Australian soldiers who had served in the Great War, University of Sydney Royal Historian Dr Cindy McCreery said.
But in private, the 25-year-old complained about having to see 'revolting black savages' as part of his tour.
The letters are stored in the New South Wales State Library and were unearthed for the ABC documentary The Crown and Us: The Story of The Royals in Australia, which aired on Sunday night.
In a letter dated July 16, Edward VIII, who was on board a ship from Adelaide to Hobart, excitedly wrote about the prospect of not having to see more Aboriginal demonstrations.
'The press have been hinting I'm too soft to be able to rough it on a real up-country station, which I've not had a chance of doing yet,' he said.
The correspondence shows the then-Prince of Wales ranting about having to see 'filthy, nauseating creatures' during his tour of Australia in 1920 (pictured)
'I ought to see that very important side of Australian life and it will be of far more value than seeing a crowd of revolting black savages who don't yet know whether they are British or Hun, and care less.'
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