Lord Mountbatten Prime Minister

November 29 2019 at 948 am.

Lord mountbatten prime minister. Although its claim that mountbatten was motivated by pique at being sacked as chief of the defence staff is incorrect mountbatten retired naturally in 1965 at the age of 65 there were certainly plans for such a coup. The death of louis mountbatten the 1st earl mountbatten of burma bore a lasting impact on the royal family with many decrying his ruthless. Lord mountbatten the last viceroy of india was charged with overseeing the transition from british india to independent india by 30th june 1948. Season 4 of the crown depicts some of the most important political events that took place between 1979 and 1990 including margaret thatchers appointment as prime minister in 1979 the last years of the apartheid and the funeral of lord mountbatten.

His death leaves a gap. The crown s mountbatten warms quickly to the. Then prime minister margaret thatcher who is portrayed by gillian anderson in the crown released a statement following lord mountbattens death which read. For example did prince philips uncle lord mountbatten played by charles dance actually participate in a plan to overthrow prime minister harold wilson as shown in episode five.

According to the show shortly after mountbattens forced retirement he was approached by a group plotting to unseat prime minister harold wilson. At the head of that government would be lord louis mountbatten. On his arrival he realised the situation is too volatile to wait for too long and decided to grant independence to india sooner rather than later. The fifth episode of the third series of the crown coup discusses the possible involvement in 1968 of lord mountbatten in a potential coup against the labour government of harold wilson.

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