The most awful time I ever had with him was at Balmoral when I refused to be Secretary of State for War. But I beat him on that, thank God!
Ever yours,
My beloved Admiral,
Esher.
Letter from Lord Redesdale
1 Kensington Court, W.
May 24, 1915.
My Dear Fisher,
Do me the favour of accepting this little attempt to render justice to the best friend you ever had. (King Edward the Seventh.)
You and he were worthy of one another. Your old and very affectionate friend,
Redesdale.
The following letter, written in 1907, would never have been penned but for the kindly intimacy and confidence placed and reposed in me by King Edward; it therefore rightly comes in these remarks about him; and so does the subsequent explanatory note on “Nelson and Copenhagen.”