Lord Mountbatten And Nehru Relationship
Lady mountbatten and the new prime minister jawaharlal nehru became romantic with each other.
Lord mountbatten and nehru relationship. Whenever we see the photos of nehru with the mountbatten we often see a lady who apparently seemed more close to nehru than mountbatten himself. She is none other than mountbattens wife well known as lady mountbatten or edwina. Lord mountbatten and lady mountbatten had one daughter together.
The book daughter of empire. The affair between lord mountbattens wife edwina and jawaharlal nehru first prime minister of independent india is no secret. In reality the mountbattens of course stayed back in india till 1948 which negates the possibility that anything like the suggestion having happened.
English playwright howard brentons play drawing the line for example imagines an awfully far fetched scenario in which lord mountbatten hastily pushed the date of independence ahead from july 1948 to aug 1947 to reclaim his wife from nehru. In an article that called mountbatten man eater dailymailcouk recounted how mountbatten fell in love with nehru and how her promiscuity took a toll on her children. Life as a mountbatten was first published in 2012 in the united kingdom and was recently brought to india as a paperback.
Edwina mountbatten with indian prime minister jawaharlal nehru in 1955 left and louis mountbatten who later became a british naval commander and statesman on board the ship renown during a. Indias first prime minister jawaharlal nehru and the countrys last vicereine edwina mountbatten deeply loved and respected each other but they did not a physical relationship edwinas daughter pamela hicks nee mountbatten has written in a book recently published in india. There are many stories as to why was nehru so close with the wife of mountbatten.
In the first interview given by any member of the mountbatten family on the relationship between lady mountbatten and jawaharlal nehru indias first prime minister lady pamela hicks earl mountbattens youngest daughter has said she does not believe nehru and lady mountbatten had a sexual relationship but added maybe everybody will think im being very naive. Edwina had an affair with indian prime minister jawaharlal nehru. Getty the crown season 4.
Lord and lady mountbatten with indian prime minister jawaharlal nehru for the handsome widower had formed a more than usually deep bond with of all people the beautiful wife. There edwina was to find her most enduring.