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Lord Mountbatten Nickname

Known lovingly as uncle dickie throughout the royal family lord mountbatten was originally referred to as nickie.

Lord mountbatten nickname. Louis mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten original name louis francis albert victor nicholas prince of battenberg born june 25 1900 frogmore house windsor engdied aug. His nickname dickie was given by his great grandmother queen victoria who suggested that his former nickname nicky was common as many of. The battenbergs called their baby son nickie time wrote.

Called uncle dickie by the royal family and throughout the crown lord mountbatten was originally referred to aswait. Hes also called uncle dickie but. Both louiss real name and nickname were changed to be more british.

His career involved extensive naval commands the diplomatic negotiation of independence for india and pakistan and the highest military defense. While he was alive lord mountbatten aka uncle dickie was a highly accomplished naval commander during world war ii and is perhaps best known for his role as britains final viceroy of india. Lord mountbatten was the last viceroy of the british indian empire and the first governor general of independent india.

Lord mountbattens nickname was dickie despite his full name being louis francis albert victor nicholas. Mountbattens nickname among family and friends was dickie although richard was not among his given names. Prince philip duke of edinburgh.

Louis mountbatten was born on june 25 1900 and died on august 27 1979. Lord mountbatten is a prominent presence in the new season of the crown which is now streaming on netflixwarning. Louis mountbatten would have been 79 years old at the time of death or 115 years old today.

27 1979 donegal bay off mullaghmore county sligo ire british statesman naval leader and the last viceroy of india. Lord mountbattens formal name is super long as in 10 words in full. Prince philip duke of edinburgh.

There will be spoiler alerts in this story. Is prince williams full name. Its said his nickname was meant to be nicky but there were too many others with the same name so he became dickie instead.

Queen victoria held him in her arms as he was christened louis francis albert victor nicholas.

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