Lord Mountbatten Queen
He was murdered by the ira in 1979 along with his 14 year old.
Lord mountbatten queen. Lord mountbatten was the queens third cousin prince philips uncle and prince charles mentor and surrogate grandfather. However as a great grandson of queen victoria himself louis. Prince philip of greece and denmark the consort of queen elizabeth ii adopted the surname of mountbatten from his mothers family in 1947 although he is a member of the house of schleswig holstein sonderburg gluecksburg by patrilineal descent.
Louis mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma was born prince louis of battenberg on 25 june 1900 in windsor. 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. 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.
I had a huge box full of diamond insignias from the. Lord mountbatten was the great grandson of queen victoria credit. Hulton archive getty lord mountbatten was born prince louis of battenberg in windsor on june 25 1900.
On lord mountbattens advice the duchess had already returned the dukes garter robes uniforms orders and decorations to the queen. The funeral of lord mountbatten of burma following his murder by the ira l r reverend edward carpenter hm queen prince philip the queen mother prince andrew prince charles princess. Lord mountbatten was the uncle of the queens husband prince philip.
Lord mountbatten was a primary confidant of prince charles who had grown up and provided young royal support when his parents the queen and prince philip were in the royal service royal biographer and author of charles the man who will be king howard hodgson claimed that charles found a major ally in lord mountbatten when the queen.