Queen Elizabeth Mountbatten

On september 5 1979 the british royal family gathered at westminster abbey for lord mountbattens funeral service.

Queen elizabeth mountbatten. Here photos from the very real event whichthanks to the crowns. Under a declaration made in privy council in 1960 the name mountbatten windsor applies to male line descendants of the queen without royal styles and titles. By abbie llewelyn published. 0900 mon nov 16 2020.

Philips mother princess alice of battenberg was louis sister. The royal familys last name was disputed when queen elizabeth ii became the reigning monarch. However as a great grandson of queen victoria himself louis. 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 iiduring the second world war he was supreme allied commander south east asia.

Lieutenant philip mountbatten married princess elizabeth daughter of king george vi of the united kingdom on 20 november 1947. In 1960 after the death of queen mary in 1953 and the resignation of churchill in 1955 the surname mountbatten windsor was adopted for philip and elizabeths male line descendants who do not carry royal titles. Mountbatten windsor is the personal surname used by some of the male line descendants of queen elizabeth ii and prince philip duke of edinburgh. Queen elizabeth ii once shook hands with the ira chief rumoured to be responsible for lord mountbattens assassination.

Lord mountbatten was the uncle of the queens husband prince philip. In 1952 on the accession of his wife as queen elizabeth ii there was some dispute regarding the dynasty to which descendants of elizabeth and phillip would belong. Louis mountbatten 1st earl mountbatten of burma was born prince louis of battenberg on 25 june 1900 in windsor. When mountbatten married the beautiful heiress edwina ashley in 1922 king george v queen mary and most members of the royal family attended while edward then the prince of wales was best man.