Mountbatten Coup 1974

Against that backdrop mountbatten. During his second term in office between 1974 and 1976. Lord mountbatten is approached to lead a coup against labours.
mountbatten coup 1974

In 1974 the army occupied heathrow airport on the grounds of training for possible ira terrorist action at the airport.

Mountbatten coup 1974. There was again talk of a military coup with rumours of lord mountbatten as head of an interim administration after wilson had been deposed. 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 wilsonalthough 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. The new season of the crown depicts the funeral of lord mountbatten. The crown season three depicted mountbatten considering leading a coup detat against harold wilsons government in the late 1960s.

Essentially in 1968 a newspaper editor and bank of england director cecil king attempted to persuade lord mountbatten to lead a coup detat against wilsons labour government. By 1968 prime minister harold wilsons government was beset with economic problems and industrial unrest lownie explains. In february 1974 mountbatten wrote to charles.