Mountbatten Assassination
The death of lord mountbatten left prince charles in agony and disbelief this is the true story of lord louis mountbattens 1979 assassination at the hands of the ira as depicted in the.
Mountbatten assassination. Mountbatten was very close to the entire royal family including the queen credit. The irish republican army ira indeed saw this grand old man a prime target and it was at their hands that he was murdered. 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. He was the brother of prince philips mother princess alice of battenberg and the queen.
On august 27 1979 lord louis mountbatten is killed when irish republican army ira terrorists detonate a 50 pound bomb hidden on his fishing vessel shadow v.