Nehru And Lady Mountbatten Relation

The book daughter of empire.

Nehru and lady mountbatten relation. Not many would know that nehru did not have a very happy married life. Depending on who you are read or watch the relationship between nehru and edwina is even seen differently by people on either side of international borders. 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. In the documents the couple are described as persons of extremely low morals and many have suggested both were bisexual a huge taboo at the time.

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. 13 14 british historian philip ziegler with access to the private letters and diaries concludes the relationship. In 2012 edwinas daughter lady pamela hicks accepted that there was a romance between her mother and jawaharlal nehru. Here we delve into their controversial.

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. His marriage with kamala nehru faced severe crisis. He was every single womans dream and his attractive personality could steal the heart of many women especially his most beloved one edwina mountbatten. 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.

Nehru and edwina mountbatten wrote to each other till the day edwina died in 1960 and a foregrounding of those letters would only do harm. The affair between lord mountbattens wife edwina and jawaharlal nehru first prime minister of independent india is no secret. Which she mentioned in the book daughter of empire. She is none other than mountbattens wife well known as lady mountbatten or edwina.

Independent indias first prime minister jawaharlal nehru pictured centre and lady mountbatten attend the flag hoisting ceremony held at the ramparts of indian capital new delhis red fort on. There are many stories as to why was nehru so close with the wife of mountbatten.