Wedding Edwina Mountbatten

British historian andrew lownie has claimed that the late lord mountbatten and his wife edwina spent their married lives engaging in a stream of affairs.

Wedding edwina mountbatten. Having recently celebrated the marriage of their youngest daughter the lady pamela mountbatten to the designer and interior decorator david hicks 1929 1998 on 13th january 1960 at romsey abbey the subsequent untimely death of edwina dealt a heavy blow to mountbatten and his family. By the time lord louis mountbatten first met edwina in 1920 she was a leading member of london society. Her maternal grandfather died in 1921 leaving her 2 million equivalent to 894 million in 2019 and his palatial london townhouse brook house at a time when her future husbands naval salary was 610 a year equivalent to 27262 in 2019. Mountbatten and the hon.

The black and white footage of the young dickie mountbatten later lord mountbatten and his bride society heiress edwina ashley is shown in a new documentary series about the private lives of. He was a dashing prince and she was hailed as the most beautiful woman in england so when louis and edwina mountbatten walked down the aisle in 1922 it was the society wedding of the decade. In 1922 lord mountbatten married edwina who was considered among the most beautiful people in england at the time. Edwina ashley were married on 18th july 1922 at st margarets church westminster london in a glittering social event with king george v 1865 1910 1936 and all the royal family in attendance with his cousin prince edward the prince of wales subsequently king edward viii 1894 19361972 and later the duke of windsor as best man.

David and lady pamela hicks lived a very interesting life during the 1960s and 70s. The duo would go on to endure a marriage that was marked with a series of. Diamond tiara of five stars with pearl in centre of each diamond and turquoise brooch and earrings bracelet of precious stones surrounded by diamonds and a brooch showing a naval crest in diamonds from the groom lord louis mountbatten. Edwina had arrived in jesselton north borneo now kota kinabalu malaysia on 18th february 1960 and although not being well she carried on with her usual dedication fulfilling a heavy list of.