The Crown Oncle Dickie
His real name was lord louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten or simply lord louis mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten and he was especially close to.
The crown oncle dickie. Seeing tywin lannister on the crown may have been shocking but only an actor of that caliber was worthy of taking on the formidable royal lord mountbatten nicknamed uncle dickie by his family. Season 4 of netflixs royal drama the crown opens with a shocking tragedy when the queens cousin lord louis mountbatten a highly decorated former royal navy officer chief of the defence staff and viceroy of india is assassinated by an ira bomb. Known lovingly as uncle dickie throughout the royal family lord mountbatten was originally referred to as nickie.
Louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten earl mountbatten of burma generally known as lord mountbatten or dickie is the uncle of philip duke of edinburgh. The battenbergs called their baby son nickie time wrote. The crown season 2 explores the complex beginnings of a relationship between prince philip his son charles and lord louis mountbatten the man both philip and charles call uncle dickie though.
Queen victoria held him in her arms as he was christened louis francis albert victor nicholas. Who is uncle dickie in the crown. But lord mountbattens death in the crown season 4 feels like an exception.
Mountbatten who was known as uncle dickie in the royal household was on a fishing trip on his boat shadow v off the coast of. Why was lord mountbatten uncle dickie murdered by the ira. The uncle and cherished mentor of prince philip met his end in an extremely violent manner making his death one of the.
He is played by greg wise in seasons 1 and 2 and by charles dance in season 3 of the crown. The true story of the death of prince charless great uncle as depicted in the crown season 4.