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Lord Mountbatten Bank Of England

In august of 1979 lord mountbatten was killed at age 79 in a terrorist attack by the irish republican army.

Lord mountbatten bank of england. In episode five of the crown lord mountbatten is approached by bank of england director and newspaper owner cecil king to help lead a coup against harold wilsons government. Lord mountbatten was murdered aged 79 by the ira who planted a bomb on a boat at his summer home in mullaghmore ireland in august 1979. Bank of england director cecil king rupert vansittart is infuriated by the news.

Essentially in 1968 a newspaper editor and bank of england director cecil king attempted to persuade lord mountbatten to lead a coup detat against wilsons labour government. November 29 2019 at 948 am. Although its claim that mountbatten was motivated by pique at being sacked as chief of the defence staff is incorrect mountbatten retired naturally in 1965 at the age of 65 there were certainly plans for such a coup.

Admiral of the fleet louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma born prince louis of battenberg. The fifth episode of the third series of the crown coup discusses the possible involvement in 1968 of lord mountbatten in a potential coup against the labour government of harold wilson. 25 june 1900 27 august 1979 was a british royal navy officer and statesman an uncle of prince philip duke of edinburgh and second cousin once removed of queen elizabeth ii.

At the head of that government would be lord louis mountbatten. The provisional irish republican army claimed responsibility for the august 27 1979 murder of lord louis mountbatten 79 earl of burma great grandson of queen victoria second cousin of queen. Moreover wilsons cabinet advises him to remove lord mountbatten as chief of the defence as his presence symbolizes privilege and inequality king then approaches mountbatten in 1968 to discuss deposing wilson and handling the reins to the latter.

At the time cecil harmsworth king was chairman of the international publishing corporation which was then the biggest publishing. Queen elizabeth ii at lord mountbattens funeral in 1979.

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