Lord Mountbatten Queen

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.

Lord mountbatten queen. I had a huge box full of diamond insignias from the. 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. 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. On lord mountbattens advice the duchess had already returned the dukes garter robes uniforms orders and decorations to the queen.

Read more a timeline of charles and dianas relationship from dating to divorce. Lord mountbatten was the great grandson of queen victoria credit. Admiral of the fleet louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma born prince louis of battenberg. Louis francis albert victor nicholas mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma was a british royal navy officer and statesman an uncle of prince philip duke of edinburgh and second cousin once.

However as a great grandson of queen victoria himself louis. 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. A new three part series the private lives of the windsors kicks off with lord mountbatten the naval commander who introduced the queen to her future husband his nephew phillip and later became.