Lord Mountbatten And Nehru Relationship

The affair between lord mountbattens wife edwina and jawaharlal nehru first prime minister of independent india is no secret.

Lord mountbatten and nehru relationship. Getty the crown season 4. In 1947 lord mountbatten was appointed viceroy of india and charged with overseeing the countrys transition to india and the couple moved to delhi. In reality the mountbattens of course stayed back in india till 1948 which negates the possibility that anything like the suggestion having happened. English playwright howard brentons play drawing the line for example imagines an awfully far fetched scenario in which lord mountbatten hastily pushed the date of independence ahead from july 1948 to aug 1947 to reclaim his wife from nehru.

Edwina had an affair with indian prime minister jawaharlal nehru. In an article that called mountbatten man eater dailymailcouk recounted how mountbatten fell in love with nehru and how her promiscuity took a toll on her children. Indias first prime minister jawaharlal nehru and the countrys last vicereine edwina mountbatten deeply loved and respected each other but they did not a physical relationship edwinas daughter pamela hicks nee mountbatten has written in a book recently published in india. Whether the romance was ever consummated is not known however their mutual fondness was evident and caused widespread speculation.

In the first interview given by any member of the mountbatten family on the relationship between lady mountbatten and jawaharlal nehru indias first prime minister lady pamela hicks earl mountbattens youngest daughter has said she does not believe nehru and lady mountbatten had a sexual relationship but added maybe everybody will think im being very naive. The book daughter of empire. She is none other than mountbattens wife well known as lady mountbatten or edwina. Edwina mountbatten with indian prime minister jawaharlal nehru in 1955 left and louis mountbatten who later became a british naval commander and statesman on board the ship renown during a.

Whenever we see the photos of nehru with the mountbatten we often see a lady who apparently seemed more close to nehru than mountbatten himself. Life as a mountbatten was first published in 2012 in the united kingdom and was recently brought to india as a paperback. There edwina was to find her most enduring. Lord and lady mountbatten with indian prime minister jawaharlal nehru for the handsome widower had formed a more than usually deep bond with of all people the beautiful wife.

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