Love Letter from Joe Lyons to Enid Lyons the written the day he became Prime Minister 6-1-32
Dear Ug,
My first act as Prime Minister is to write you because whatever honours or distinctions come are ours not mine. Girl we’ve seen some changes and we’ve lived full lives in our years of married life and it is grand to know that our love for each other is still our most cherished and valued possession. It has grown sweeter and more beautiful with the years and with God’s help it will still go on increasing as the years come and go.
It has been a great day for me but I would be happier on the hill with you and all the children. I was glad to get your call up and token, they were all well and I shall be looking forward to a letter. This is brief, only a greeting and a message of love, because I have a lot to do today.
Give me love to them all and kiss the little ones especially for me. Tell them how I love them. I’m longing for the time when you will be here with me.
Yours as fondly as ever,
Joe.
The exhibition, Mrs Prime Minister: Public Image, Private Lives was first shown at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House in 2005.
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