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Lord Mountbatten Princess Alice Relationship

Prince philips mother princess alice of greece was lord mountbattens eldest sister.

Lord mountbatten princess alice relationship. Her mother was princess victoria of hesse and by rhine a granddaughter of queen victoria. As weve seen in previous series lord mountbatten born prince louis of battenberg was a formidable figure who exerted a strong influence over the windsors. Lord mountbatten was seen as a father figure to the young prince charles as well with the.

Lord mountbattens assassination in 1979 therefore has major reverberations on the shows characters and decisionsin fact it may be what brought prince charles and his wife princess diana. A great granddaughter of queen victoria she was born in windsor castle and grew up in the united kingdom the german empire and the mediterraneana hessian princess by birth she was a member of the battenberg. Louise was a sister of louis mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma and of princess alice of battenberg who was the mother of prince philip duke of edinburgh.

However as a great grandson of queen victoria himself louis. The battenberg family later mountbatten was originally a family of german counts. Mountbatten has even been credited with introducing a young prince philip to the then princess elizabeth.

Princess alice of battenberg victoria alice elizabeth julia marie. Lord mountbatten married edwina ashley in 1922. 25 february 1885 5 december 1969 was the mother of prince philip and mother in law of queen elizabeth ii.

From 1917 therefore his daughter was known as lady louise mountbatten. He was the maternal uncle of prince philip his sister princess alice was philips mother and a second cousin once removed of queen elizabeth ii so his family ties were very close. Philips mother princess alice of battenberg was louis sister.

Lady patricia countess mountbatten of burma and lady pamela. According to brittanica the first battenbergs were a family of german counts that died out. At the end of the episode after the queen scolds mountbatten he goes to visit his sick sister princess alice and the episode alludes to the fact that the two dont spend much time together.