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Mountbatten was a great-grandson of Queen Victoria, second cousin to Queen Elizabeth II, and uncle to her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. [6] As Chief of the Defence Staff, Mountbatten served as head of the British Armed Forces from 1959 to 1965, [7] having previously headed the Royal Navy as the First Sea Lord. [8]
Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; [n 1] 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979), commonly known as Lord Mountbatten, was a British statesman, Royal Navy officer and close relative of the British royal family. He was born in the United Kingdom to the prominent Battenberg ...
Prince Philip's close relative Lord Mountbatten (aka Uncle Dickie) serves as a mentor to Prince Charles in The Crown, but what was he like in real life? ... including facts about his tragic death ...
James Donovan (1944 or 1945 – 18 February 2025) was an Irish police officer who was a senior forensic scientist to the Garda Technical Bureau of the Garda Síochána (the Republic of Ireland's police), until his retirement in 2002.
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McMahon planted a bomb in Shadow V, a 27-foot (8-metre) fishing boat owned by Mountbatten at Mullaghmore, County Sligo, near Donegal Bay.Lord Mountbatten was killed on 27 August 1979 by the bomb blast along with three other people: Doreen Knatchbull (Mountbatten's elder daughter's mother-in-law); his grandson Nicholas Knatchbull; and a 15-year-old crewmember Paul Maxwell.
The Crown season 3 shows Lord Mountbatten (or "Uncle Dickie") plan a coup to unseat Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Here's the true story behind the TV show.
Articles relating to Lord Mountbatten (1900–1979) and his military career. ... Assassination of Lord Mountbatten; M. Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia;