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London, 20th May 1927
My darling Fiancée,
You will receive this after my arrival, after my return to you, after I have seen you again and perhaps held you close, after I have told you and told you again and repeated the greatest and most beautiful truth of my life which is that I love you with a love which seems Divine to me and greater than I believed Love could ever be before you, my Angel of Love, came into my life.
And so, by the Grace of God, this really is my last day in London without you. Tomorrow I shall see the English countryside--the sea--France--Paris--the Alps--for the last time before my dream of happiness comes true. Already everything seems more beautiful, more divine, more full of hope and Faith for this life and hereafter!
And I am still dreaming--of you, my dream. What is absolutely certain is that I am yours forever, that I love and worship you, that I am on the threshold of Paradise.
Thousands of...with my sweetest and most beautiful thoughts.
Your wizard and fiancé
Guglielmo
Savoy Hotel London, 21st May 1927
...soon to make you my darling and beloved bride--the greatest of all the countless blessings that God has given me...
...but my Love is so immense and your power to receive it and return it is so infinite that I will never be able to say or write all that I feel to you!...
Naples, S.Y. Elettra, Friday
...but beyond, through and above all, I always seem to see your radiant beauty and the sweetness of your expression (unique in the world)...
...I am leaving almost at once so as to be in Rome in time to see you this evening. I am leaving the Elettra with warm thoughts because I feel that she is going to be our floating home--and I know that you are fond of her too...
Grand Hotel, Tuesday night
...In all my thoughts and in all my actions you, my wonderful Cristina, are and always will be my inspiration for all that is beautiful, good and great...
...you will inspire me to great things; you will lead me towards the paths of heaven; so that together, by the Grace of God, we will reach a happiness that is not of this world...
Sunday, Midnight
...my divine Cristina, you are and always will be the incarnation and the fulfilment of my great bright dream of beauty, goodness and peace in which the poetry of all the poets unites with the harmony of the most Divine music...
Tuesday night
...All virtues, like everything great and beautiful, are daughters of the Love that comes from God; the love that has inspired the poets, the food of the generous souls that from their solitude pass on their celestial songs to the last generation, sending me spiritual thoughts from heaven which seem to be made just for you...
The Grand Hotel, Rome, Wednesday night
...before giving thanks once again to God because you exist, I want to repeat to you that I’m happy--happy in our special and extraordinary Love, happy because the days are passing and bringing us closer to even happier days when I’ll no longer have to leave you, when we’ll be as one--when you will be my constant comfort and my dear sweet guide -when I’ll have the right and the privilege to protect you--and the world will have to respect and admire our Love...
The Grand Hotel, Rome, Tuesday night, 7th June, 1927
...My Crissy, my sun, beacon and light of my port, of my refuge, of my life’s Paradise...
Sunday night, 12th June, 1927
...I feel that I can only thank God humbly for the immensity of his Grace in giving us to one another and tomorrow I will greet the day with my soul in ecstasy, completely absorbed in you, my Angel of goodness and beauty...
LETTERS WRITTEN DURING THEIR MARRIAGE
Elettra, 16th August, 1934
Crissy My Darling,
Just a couple of lines in haste. We’re leaving from Civitavecchia for Messina. Admiral Monaco has come on board and he is going to do the round trip to Venice with me. I sent him a message saying I was leaving today and would like to have his company and he managed to join me here. He sends you his kindest regards.
The crossing from Porto Santo Stefano was perfect, the sea absolutely calm so that the portholes could be left wide open. All this makes me miss you because by now everything on board reminds me of you and Elettra.
I can’t wait to get to Venice so as to join you at Ortisei.
Thank you for your telegram which has made me feel happier.
I hope that you are all well and that it isn’t too cold. I am very busy with my conferences. You don’t know what I would give to have you here on board with me, especially knowing that with this weather you wouldn’t get tired.
With a thousand loving kisses to you and Elettra and best wishes to everyone.
Ever your own
Guglielmo
Hotel Splendid, London, 1935
Just to tell you that I’m better, that I’ve rested a little and that I Adore you more than ever.
Guglielmo
Rome, 1937
Crissy my darling Angel
You can’t imagine how very sad I am to know that you are ill and not be with you. It’s true that there is Mammà but she does so much for Elettra that I wouldn’t like her to get overtired looking after you both.
Thank you my darling for your adorable letter. How kind you are to write so many interesting and sweet things to me even though you are feeling so weak.
I am honoured that Papà has given me his Cross and collar of the Order of Malta as a token of his great affection. It’s beautiful.
Tomorrow at the Academy reception I’ll tell the King and everyone why you couldn’t be present.
I’m afraid you have influenza and I beg you not to travel until you are completely better.
My darling, I Love and Adore you. Your own
Guglielmo
Crissy my Angel
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